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Maryland Route 107

Maryland Route 107 marker

Maryland Route 107
Maryland Route 107 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 4.79 mi (7.71 km)
Existed: 1927 – present
Major junctions
West end: MD 109 in Poolesville
East end: MD 28 at Dawsonville
Location
Counties: Montgomery
Highway system
MD 106 MD 108

Maryland Route 107 marker

Maryland Route 107 (MD 107) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Whites Ferry Road, the highway runs 4.79 miles (7.71 km) from MD 109 in Poolesville to MD 28 in Dawsonville. MD 107 connects the western Montgomery County town of Poolesville with Rockville and Gaithersburg via MD 28. The highway and county-maintained Whites Ferry Road west of Poolesville connect those cities with White's Ferry, a Potomac River ferry north of Leesburg, Virginia. MD 107 was constructed from Dawsonville to Poolesville in the late 1910s. The highway was extended west part of the way to White's Ferry in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 107 was truncated at Poolesville in the mid-1970s.

MD 107's western terminus is at the intersection of Fisher Avenue and Elgin Road, which heads north as MD 109, in the town of Poolesville. Fisher Avenue continues west and leaves the town as Whites Ferry Road, which leads to White's Ferry across the Potomac River. White's Ferry Road continues across the river in Loudoun County, Virginia, as Virginia State Route 655, which leads to U.S. Route 15 (James Monroe Highway) north of Leesburg. MD 107 heads east as a two- to three-lane street through the Poolesville Historic District. The highway's name changes to Whites Ferry Road at Budd Road and the route passes the historic home Valhalla as it leaves the town as a two-lane road. MD 107 passes the historic farm complex Darnall Place near its crossing of Dry Seneca Creek. The highway intersects Sugarland Road in the village of Dawsonville before the route reaches its eastern terminus at an oblique intersection with MD 28 (Darnestown Road).


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