Maryland Route 208

Maryland Route 208
Maryland Route 208 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA and Town of Brentwood
Length:	1.86 mi (2.99 km)
Existed:	1927 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 1 Alt. in Cottage City
	US 1 in Brentwood
North end:	MD 500 in Hyattsville
Location
Counties:	Prince George's
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← MD 202 MD 210 →

Maryland Route 208 (MD 208) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 1.82 miles (2.93 km) from U.S. Route 1 Alternate (US 1 Alternate) in Cottage City north to MD 500 in Hyattsville. MD 208 connects the northwestern Prince George's County suburbs of Cottage City, Colmar Manor, Brentwood, and Hyattsville. The highway was built in the late 1910s and early 1920s and originally passed through Mount Rainier. The portion of MD 208 between US 1 Alternate and US 1 was originally MD 206; the northern portion of the highway was originally part of MD 209 and then MD 410. MD 208 was extended to MD 500 and removed from Mount Rainier in the late 1950s, and extended south through Cottage City around 1970.

MD 208 begins as 38th Avenue as its intersection with US 1 Alternate (Bladensburg Road), which forms the border between the towns of Cottage City and Colmar Manor. The state highway heads northwest as a two-lane road through Cottage City and crosses over CSX's Capital Subdivision, which carries MARC's Camden Line. At the railroad bridge, MD 208 enters the town of Brentwood and its name changes to 38th Street, which intersects US 1 (Rhode Island Avenue). The highway continues north through Brentwood as a municipally maintained street. State maintenance resumes at MD 208's bridge across the Northwest Branch Anacostia River, where the highway leaves Brentwood and enters the city of Hyattsville. There, the state highway turns west onto Hamilton Street. MD 208 expands to a four-lane undivided highway shortly before it reaches its northern terminus at MD 500 (Queens Chapel Road). Hamilton Avenue continues straight to provide access to Ager Road and the West Hyattsville station on the Washington Metro's Green Line.