Maryland Route 303
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Maryland Route 303 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 4.20 mi (6.76 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1961 – present | |||
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| South end: |
 MD 309 in Cordova
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    MD 404 Alt. in Queen AnneMD 309 in Queen Anne |
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MD 404 in Queen Anne |
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| Counties: | Talbot, Queen Anne's | |||
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Maryland Route 303 (MD 303) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 4.20 miles (6.76 km) from MD 309 in Cordova north to MD 404 in Queen Anne. MD 303 is an L-shaped highway that passes through the northeast corner of Talbot County and the southeast corner of Queen Anne's County. The state highway also passes very close to the birthplace of Frederick Douglass. MD 303 was originally designated along Starr Road between Queen Anne and U.S. Route 213 (US 213) south of Centreville, while present MD 303 is part of the old alignment of MD 309. The original MD 303 was constructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s, with a gap near Starr filled in the late 1940s. MD 309 absorbed MD 303 in 1955. MD 303 was assigned to its present course in 1961.
MD 303 begins at an intersection with MD 309 (Cordova Road) a short distance north of the village of Cordova. The state highway heads east as two-lane Tappers Corner Road, passing under the abandoned railroad grade of the Easton–Clayton branch of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad and crossing a pair of branches of Tuckahoe Creek. MD 303 turns north onto Lewistown Road at Tappers Corner very close to the birthplace of Frederick Douglass. After crossing Norwich Creek, the state highway has a short concurrency with MD 404 ALT (Talbot Avenue), during which MD 303 enters the town of Queen Anne. The state highway turns north onto Main Street to pass through the center of town and enters Queen Anne's County at the intersection with Park Avenue. MD 303 leaves the town after crossing the railroad grade and intersects MD 309, which heads southwest as Cordova Road and northwest as Starr Road. MD 303 turns northeast onto a one-way road to its northern terminus at MD 404 (Queen Annes Highway). Traffic from MD 404 must use MD 309 to access southbound MD 303.
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