 Maryland Route 6 | ||||
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 Maryland Route 6 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length | 47.38 mi[1] (76.25 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  Religious Freedom Byway Booth's Escape Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Dead end at Potomac River in Riverside | |||
| East end |  MD 235 in Oraville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Charles, St. Mary's | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 6 (MD 6) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 47.36 miles (76.22 km) from a dead end at the Potomac River in Riverside east to MD 235 in Oraville. MD 6 connects several small communities in southern Charles County and northern St. Mary's County with U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in La Plata, the county seat of Charles County, and MD 5 in Charlotte Hall. The state highway also provides access to multiple historic sites around Port Tobacco, the original county seat of Charles County. MD 6 was one of the original highways numbered by the Maryland State Roads Commission in 1927. The state highway was constructed from La Plata to Riverside in the late 1910s and early 1920s. The La Plata–Charlotte Hall section of the highway was built in the mid-1920s. The portion of MD 6 east of Charlotte Hall was mostly built in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The final section of the state highway was completed in Oraville in 1940.