Maryland Route 259


Maryland Route 259 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Greenock Road, the highway runs from MD 794 in Bristol north to MD 408 near Lothian. MD 259 was constructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Route description

MD 259 begins at an acute intersection with MD 794 in Bristol. MD 794 leads to MD 258 and MD 4. MD 259 heads northeast as a two-lane undivided road that passes the historic James Owens Farm. The highway reaches its northern terminus at an intersection with MD 408 at the hamlet of Greenock southwest of Lothian.

History

MD 259 was constructed as a gravel road from MD 4 at Greenock southwest to north of the James Owens Farm in 1928. The highway was completed southwest to MD 416 in Bristol in 1933 and 1934. MD 259 was paved in 1949.

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