Maryland Route 342

Maryland Route 342 (MD 342) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as St. Augustine Road, the highway runs 2.82 miles (4.54 km) from MD 310 at St. Augustine north to unsigned MD 537 in Chesapeake City in southern Cecil County. MD 342 was constructed in its entirety by 1915.

Maryland Route 342
St. Augustine Road
Maryland Route 342 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	2.82 mi[1] (4.54 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
South end	MD 310 at St. Augustine
North end	MD 537 in Chesapeake City
Location
Counties	Cecil
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate U.S. State Scenic Byways ← MD 341 → MD 343

Route description

View south along MD 342 near St. Augustine

MD 342 begins at an intersection with MD 310 (Cayots Corner Road) at the hamlet of St. Augustine. The two-lane undivided highway runs through rural areas and heads northeast, makes a right-angle turn to the northwest, curves to the west, then takes a sharp turn to the north. The state highway enters the town of Chesapeake City an intersects an unnamed road (unsigned MD 537D) that leads west to an interchange with MD 213 at the southern end of the Chesapeake City Bridge over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. MD 342 continues to its northern terminus at an oblique junction with George Street, which is unsigned MD 537C and leads north to MD 286 in the South Chesapeake City Historic District.[1][2]

History

St. Augustine Road was paved as a macadam road from George Street to the right-angle turn by 1910.[3] The remainder of the road to St. Augustine and MD 310 east of St. Augustine were constructed as a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) macadam road by Cecil County with state aid by 1915.[4][5] MD 342 was resurfaced with bituminous concrete in 1988.[6]

Junction list

The entire route is in Cecil County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
St. Augustine	0.00	0.00	MD 310 (Cayots Corner Road)	Southern terminus
Chesapeake City	2.74	4.41	MD 537 to MD 213 – Elkton, Cecilton	Officially unsigned MD 537D
	2.82	4.54	MD 537 (George Street) to MD 286	Northern terminus; officially unsigned MD 537C
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

•  Maryland Roads portal

References

1. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2014). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
   • Cecil County (PDF).
2. Maryland State Highway Administration (2015). Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map). 1:12,000. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. § B16C. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
3. Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
4. Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 124. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
5. Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
6. Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: CE-700-501-277 (June 22, 1988). Retrieved July 24, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.

External links

• MDRoads: MD 342