Maryland Route 566 (MD 566) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Stillpond Harmony Road, the highway runs 1.19 miles (1.92 km) from MD 292 in Still Pond east to MD 298 near Still Pond in northern Kent County. MD 566 was constructed from Still Pond east to MD 298's intersection with MD 213 in the late 1940s. The highway was relocated in Still Pond in the late 1950s. MD 298 assumed much of MD 566's course in the early 1960s.
 Maryland Route 566 | ||||
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| Stillpond Harmony Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length | 1.19 mi[1] (1.92 km) | |||
| Existed | 1946–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MD 292 in Still Pond | |||
| East end |  MD 298 near Still Pond | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Kent | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editMD 566 begins at an intersection with MD 292 (Still Pond Road) next to the George Harper Store in the Still Pond Historic District. MD 292 heads west from the intersection toward Betterton and south toward MD 298 near Lynch. MD 566 heads east from the village as two-lane undivided Stillpond Harmony Road. The highway reaches its eastern terminus at an acute intersection with MD 298 (Lambs Meadow Road).[1][2]
History
editMD 566 was constructed around 1946 to provide a direct connection between Still Pond and U.S. Route 213 (now MD 213) at Harmony Corner north of Kennedyville.[3] The highway was widened to 20 feet (6.1 m) starting in 1953.[4] MD 566 originally followed Medders Road and the southern end of Rosedale Cannery Road through Still Pond.[5] Those two segments were bypassed when MD 566 was placed on its present, straighter course through Still Pond in 1959.[6][7][8][9] The bypassed route became MD 857.[9][10] MD 566 was cut to its present length in 1963 when MD 298 was extended east along the stretch of MD 566 east of the two routes' present intersection.[11][12]
Junction list
editThe entire route is in Still Pond, Kent County.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | Western terminus | |||
| 1.19 | 1.92 | Eastern terminus | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2015). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- Kent County (PDF).
- ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (2015). Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map). 1:12,000. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. § C15C. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ^ Reindollar, Robert M.; Webb, P. Watson; McCain, Russell H. (February 1, 1947). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1945–1946 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 90. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ^ McCain, Russell H.; Bennett, Edgar T.; Kelly, Bramwell (November 12, 1954). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1953–1954 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 152. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ^ Betterton, MD quadrangle (Map) (1948 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1960). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1961). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
- ^ Planning and Programming Division (January 1, 1958). Control Section Listings for the State Maintained Highways, July 1958–July 1959 (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. Kent County, p. 3. Retrieved August 28, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ a b Planning and Programming Division (January 1, 1959). Control Section Listings for the State Maintained Highways, July 1959–July 1960 (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. Kent County, p. 2. Retrieved August 28, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ "Memorandum of Action of Director Neil J. Pedersen" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Kent County. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. January 19, 1988. Retrieved August 28, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ "Excerpt from Minutes of Meeting of the State Roads Commission" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Kent County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. November 29, 1962. Retrieved August 28, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1963). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.