Maryland Route 291
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Maryland Route 291 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 18.34 mi (29.52 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1930 – present | |||
| Tourist routes: |
  Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
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| West end: |
 MD 20 in Chestertown
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| East end: |
 DE 6 near Millington |
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| Counties: | Kent | |||
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Maryland Route 291 (MD 291) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 18.34 miles (29.52 km) from MD 20 in Chestertown east to the Delaware state line east of Millington, where the highway continues east as Delaware Route 6 (DE 6). MD 291 parallels the Chester River along the southern edge of Kent County and connects Chestertown with U.S. Route 301 (US 301). The highway follows much of what was originally MD 447, which was constructed between US 213 in Chestertown and MD 290 at Chesterville around 1930. MD 291 itself was built east of Millington around 1930. The highway was extended west toward Chesterville in the early 1930s, but it was not complete to MD 290 until the late 1940s. MD 291 was extended west to US 213 along a partially new alignment in the early 1960s, superseding MD 447. MD 291 was reconstructed along its entire length between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s, and it reached its present western terminus at MD 20 in 1969.
MD 291 begins in the town of Chestertown at a roundabout with MD 20 (Chestertown Road) near the eastern terminus of the latter highway, which continues south as High Street toward downtown Chestertown. MD 291 heads east as two-lane Morgnec Road, which intersects the Gilchrest Rail Trail and passes along the northern edge of Washington College. The highway intersects MD 213 (Washington Avenue) at Lees Corner and leaves the town limits shortly before passing the Maryland State Highway Administration District 2 offices. MD 291 crosses Morgan Creek on a steel truss bridge on its way to Morgnec, where the highway's name changes to River Road at its intersection with Morgnec Road, which heads north and then east further from the Chester River than MD 291. The state highway crosses Goosehaven Creek and Norris Creek and meets the eastern end of MD 298 (Cherry Lane).
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