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Maryland Route 249
State highway in Maryland, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maryland Route 249 (MD 249) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Piney Point Road, the state highway runs 9.84 miles (15.84 km) from St. George Island north to MD 5 in Callaway. MD 249 is the primary access to St. George Island and the communities of Piney Point, Tall Timbers, and Valley Lee on the Piney Point peninsula between the Potomac River and St. George's Creek in southern St. Mary's County. The state highway was constructed on the mainland in the early 1920s; the portion of the highway on St. George Island was completed in the early 1930s. MD 249 was reconstructed in the 1950s, including a new St. George Island Bridge.
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Piney Point Road | ||||
Maryland Route 249 highlighted in red | ||||
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Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
Length | 9.84 mi[1] (15.84 km) | |||
Existed | 1927–present | |||
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South end | Piney Point Road in St. George Island | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Maryland | |||
Counties | St. Mary's | |||
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