Maryland Route 223
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Maryland Route 223 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 12.63 mi (20.33 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1927 – present | |||
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| South end: | Dead end in Piscataway | |||
 MD 4 in Melwood
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| North end: | Mellwood Road in Melwood | |||
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| Counties: | Prince George's | |||
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Maryland Route 223 (MD 223) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 12.65 miles (20.36 km) from a dead end in Piscataway north to Mellwood Road in Melwood. MD 223 passes through suburban areas of southern Prince George's County, including the community of Woodyard south of Andrews Air Force Base between MD 5 in Clinton and MD 4 in Melwood. The highway was constructed from Clinton to near Piscataway in the 1920s and early 1930s. MD 223 was extended west to Livingston Road in Piscataway and east to MD 4 in the mid-1950s. MD 223's interchanges with MD 4 and MD 5 were built in the mid-1960s and early 1990s, respectively.
MD 223 begins at a dead end next to a barrier adjacent to county-maintained Livingston Road. The state highway heads northeast as two-lane Floral Park Road. MD 223 turns north onto Piscataway Road at the four-way intersection with that highway; Floral Park Road continues east toward Brandywine. Piscataway Road is used to access Livingston Road from MD 223. The state highway crosses Piscataway Creek and continues northeast through a mix of forest and residential subdivisions. MD 223 intersects Tippett Road, which heads south toward the historic home Wyoming, next to Washington Executive Airport. The state highway expands to a four-lane undivided highway as it enters Clinton, where the highway passes Surrattsville High School and the Surratt House Museum and intersects the old alignment of MD 5, which heads north as Old Branch Avenue and south as Brandywine Road. MD 223 enters a commercial area and expands to a divided highway around its single-point urban interchange with MD 5 (Branch Avenue).
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