Maryland Route 276

Maryland Route 276
Maryland Route 276 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	7.85 mi (12.63 km)
Existed:	1927 – present
Major junctions
South end:	MD 222 in Port Deposit
	MD 275 in Woodlawn MD 273 in Harrisville
North end:	US 1 near Harrisville
Location
Counties:	Cecil
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← MD 275 MD 277 →

MD 275 in Woodlawn

Maryland Route 276 (MD 276) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Jacob Tome Memorial Highway, the highway runs 7.85 miles (12.63 km) from MD 222 in Port Deposit north to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) near Harrisville. MD 276 connects Port Deposit with Rising Sun. The state highway is signed as part of MD 222 Truck from MD 275 in Woodlawn north to US 1. MD 276 was constructed along an old turnpike from Port Deposit through Woodlawn, then north to Rising Sun to the east of the present corridor. The Woodlawn–Rising Sun piece was paved by 1910; the Port Deposit–Woodlawn stretch was paved in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 276 was shifted west to between Woodlawn and its present northern terminus at US 1 in the late 1950s. The highway was completely reconstructed between 1959 and 1965.

MD 276 begins at an intersection with MD 222 (Main Street) opposite Ferry Street in the town of Port Deposit two blocks east of the Susquehanna River. The two-lane state highway, which is Center Street in town and becomes Jacob Tome Memorial Highway at the town limit, which the route follows northeast as it ascends the high bluff above the river. MD 276 follows the town limit along the edge of the property of former United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, until shortly before its intersection with MD 275 (Perrylawn Drive). The highway continues northeast to the hamlet of Woodlawn, where it curves north at Hopewell Road. MD 276 crosses several branches of Basin Run and briefly parallels Sale Barn Road before reaching the hamlet of West Nottingham, where the route passes to the east of the West Nottingham Academy Historic District and the namesake boarding school. The highway MD 276 parallels Harrisville Road, which provides access to West Nottingham Meetinghouse, between Barnes Corner Road and MD 273 (Rising Sun Road). The two state highways meet at a roundabout in Harrisville, which is west of the town of Rising Sun. MD 276 continues north a short distance to its northern terminus at US 1 (Rising Sun Bypass) opposite Slicers Mill Road.