Maryland Route 289

Maryland Route 289
Maryland Route 289 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	8.83 mi (14.21 km)
Existed:	1927 – present
Tourist routes:	Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end:	Lands End Road/Cliffs City Road near Cliffs City
North end:	MD 213 in Chestertown
Location
Counties:	Kent
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← MD 288 MD 290 →

Maryland Route 289 (MD 289) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Quaker Neck Road, the highway runs 8.83 miles (14.21 km) from the junction of Lands End Road and Cliffs City Road near Cliffs City north to MD 213 in Chestertown. MD 289 serves Quaker Neck, a peninsula between Langford Creek and the Chester River southwest of Chestertown in Kent County. The highway was constructed from Chestertown beginning in the early 1920s, reaching Pomona in the mid-1920s and Cliffs City around 1930. MD 289 was widened between Chestertown and Pomona in the early 1950s. The highway's present termini were established, including a change of streets in Chestertown, in the mid-1980s.

MD 289 begins at a wye between Lands End Road and Cliffs City Road near Cliffs City, which lies near the southwestern end of Quaker Neck between the Chester River to the south and east and the East Fork Branch of Langford Creek to the north and west. The state highway heads north as two-lane Quaker Neck Road, which immediately has a sharp curve to the east and a more gentle curve to the northeast. MD 289 passes the historic estate Clark's Conveniency before a sharp curve north. The highway passes to the east of Reward-Tilden's Farm and intersects Quaker Neck Landing Road before reaching the village of Pomona, where the highway curves to the east at Pomona Road. MD 289 passes Wilkins Lane, which leads toward Godlington Manor, before curving to the north and passing to the east of Airy Hill.