Maryland Route 16

Maryland Route 16 marker
Maryland Route 16
Map
Maryland Route 16 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length51.06 mi[1] (82.17 km)
Existed1927–present
Tourist
routes
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West endHoopers Neck Road in Taylors Island
Major intersections
East end DE 16 at Hickman
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesDorchester, Caroline
Highway system
US 15 MD 17

Maryland Route 16 (MD 16) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 51.06 miles (82.17 km) from Taylors Island east to the Delaware state line in Hickman, where the highway continues as Delaware Route 16 (DE 16). MD 16 connects Cambridge with several communities in northern Dorchester County and southwestern Caroline County, including East New Market and Preston. The state highway runs concurrently with U.S. Route 50 (US 50) near Cambridge, MD 331 between East New Market and Preston, and both MD 404 and MD 313 near Andersontown. MD 16 was constructed between Church Creek and Preston as one of the original state roads in the early and mid-1910s. The highway was extended in both directions in the late 1910s: north to what was to be designated MD 313 near Denton and west to Taylors Island. MD 16 was extended through Andersontown to the Delaware state line in the early 1930s. MD 16's bypass of Cambridge was constructed in the mid-1960s.

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