Maryland Route 238

Maryland Route 238
Maryland Route 238 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	10.83 mi[1] (17.43 km)
Existed	1927–present
Tourist routes	Religious Freedom Byway
Major junctions
South end	MD 242 near Bushwood
Major intersections	MD 234 at Chaptico
North end	MD 5 at Helen
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	St. Mary's
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 237 → MD 239

Maryland Route 238 (MD 238) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 10.83 miles (17.43 km) from MD 242 near Bushwood north to MD 5 at Helen. MD 238 is a C-shaped highway in western St. Mary's County, connecting Bushwood and Helen with Maddox and Chaptico, where the highway intersects MD 234. What is now MD 238 was originally parts of two different highways: Maddox Road was MD 238 from Bushwood to Chaptico while Chaptico Road was the easternmost part of MD 234 from Chaptico to Helen. The highways were constructed as gravel roads in the late 1920s and early 1920s, respectively. MD 238 was extended from Chaptico to Helen when MD 234 was moved to its present course toward Leonardtown in the early 1960s.