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Maryland Route 253

Maryland Route 253 marker

Maryland Route 253
Mayo Road
Maryland Route 253 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 1.34 mi (2.16 km)
Existed: 1927 – present
Tourist
routes:
Roots and Tides Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end: MD 214 in Edgewater
North end: MD 2 in Edgewater
Location
Counties: Anne Arundel
Highway system
MD 252 MD 254

Maryland Route 253 marker

Maryland Route 253 (MD 253) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Mayo Road, the route runs 1.34 miles (2.16 km) from MD 214 north to MD 2 within Edgewater. MD 253 was constructed in Edgewater in the early 1910s and early 1920s. The highway was extended southeast through Mayo to Beverley Beach in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The part of MD 253 southeast of Edgewater became part of MD 214 in 1950.

MD 253 begins at an intersection with MD 214 (Central Avenue) across from the entrance to South River High School. The route heads north as a two-lane road that forms the main street through the Londontowne area of Edgewater. The highway intersects Stepneys Lane and Londontown Road; the latter road leads east to the historic London Town Publik House, located next to the landing of a former ferry across South River. After passing Washington Road, which leads to Edgewater Elementary School and South River Park, the road turns northwest and reaches its northern terminus at MD 2 (Solomons Island Road) across from the entrance to Lee Airport.

When the Maryland State Roads Commission laid out its state road system in 1909, the AnnapolisPrince Frederick road was planned to follow Mayo Road and Stepneys Lane through Edgewater to what is now MD 2's existing course. The road that became MD 2 was instead built along the line it runs now and Mayo Road from that highway to south of Stepneys Lane was built as a 9-foot (2.7 m) wide gravel state-aid road by 1915. The highway was extended as a gravel road to near the present MD 214 intersection by 1921 and to the entrance to Camp Letts by 1923. These extensions were built and the old state-aid road through Edgewater was rebuilt with a width of 15 feet (4.6 m). MD 253 was extended east to Selby-on-the-Bay in 1929 and 1930. The state highway reached MD 214's present terminus in Beverley Beach in 1932.


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