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Maryland Route 18

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Maryland Route 18 runs for 20 miles through Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and for much of its length it is known as Main Street, serving as the Main Street for the towns it connects. Route 18 is also part of the Chesapeake Country National Scenic Byway.

Route 18 used to be one of the main east-west roads in Queen Anne's County prior to the routing of U.S. Route 50 onto the Eastern Shore. It now serves mainly local traffic, however due to increasing backups on Route 50, it has attracted motorists as an alternate route to reach the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, although the Maryland State Highway Administration discourages the practice with signs indicating that Bay Bridge-bound traffic should stay on US 50.

Looking at its intersection with Maryland Route 8, it may appear that Route 18 ends there, however it actually turns north onto Business Parkway and continues to Love Point, while Route 8 begins here and goes south. The other end of the highway is at an intersection with Maryland Route 213 in Centreville.

Major junctions

County Location Destinations Notes
Queen Anne's Love Point (End of state maintenance) Western terminus
Blue Bay Road / Old Love Point Road
Stevensville Love Point Road / (MD 835C)
MD 8 / Business Parkway / Skipjack Parkway - Annapolis, Romancoke
Love Point Road
East Main Street / (MD 835C) Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway joins eastbound and leaves westbound
Cox Creek bridge - Cox Creek
Castle Marina Road to US 50 West roundabout
Chester Postal Road - Chester
MD 552 / Dominion Road to US 50 East
Kent Narrows US 50 / US 301 / (Blue Star Memorial Highway)
Old Kent Narrows Bridge - Kent Narrows
Kent Narrows Way South
Grasonville Chester River Beach Road
Station Lane
Evans Avenue
Nesbit Road
Queenstown US 50 / ( Ocean Gateway)
MD 656
US 301 / (Blue Star Memorial Highway) No direct access across US 301
MD 456 / Del Rhodes Avenue
Centreville MD 213 / Centreville Road Eastern terminus


See also