 Maryland Route 216 | ||||
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 Maryland Route 216 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA and City of Laurel | ||||
| Length | 8.73 mi[1] (14.05 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MD 108 at Highland | |||
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| East end |  MD 198 in Laurel | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Howard, Prince George's, Anne Arundel | |||
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Maryland Route 216 (MD 216) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Scaggsville Road, the highway runs 8.73 miles (14.05 km) from MD 108 at Highland east to MD 198 in Laurel. MD 216 connects Highland, Fulton, Scaggsville, and North Laurel in southern Howard County with Laurel in far northern Prince George's County. The highway connects those communities with Interstate 95 (I-95) and U.S. Route 29 (US 29).
MD 216 was constructed from Laurel to Fulton in the mid-1920s and extended to Highland in the late 1930s. The highway was constructed through Laurel toward Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County in the mid-1930s. MD 216 was truncated at US 1 in Laurel after MD 198 was constructed from Laurel to Fort Meade in the mid-1940s. The highway's eastern terminus was moved from US 1 to MD 198 and relocated in North Laurel in the early 1960s. Another segment of MD 216 was relocated when I-95 was built in the early 1970s, resulting in a disjoint route. The route was unified when the highway was relocated west through its interchange with US 29 in the mid-2000s.