Maryland Route 445

Maryland Route 445
Maryland Route 445 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	11.96 mi (19.25 km)
Existed:	1930 – present
Tourist routes:	Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end:	Eastern Neck Island
	MD 20 in Rock Hall
North end:	MD 21 near Tolchester Beach
Location
Counties:	Kent
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← MD 444 MD 446 →

Maryland Route 445 (MD 445) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 11.96 miles (19.25 km) from Eastern Neck Island in the southwest corner of Kent County north to MD 21 near Tolchester Beach. MD 445 connects Tolchester Beach and Eastern Neck Island with Rock Hall, where the highway intersects MD 20. The first piece of MD 445 was constructed as part of MD 20 around 1920. The remainder of the highway was built around 1930. MD 445 was reconstructed in the mid-1960s and early to mid-1970s.

MD 445 begins as Eastern Neck Road at the north end of the bridge that connects the mainland with Eastern Neck Island, an island on the north side of the mouth of the Chester River that comprises the southernmost land in Kent County. Eastern Neck Road continues south as a county highway through the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge. MD 445 heads north along Eastern Neck parallel to the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, along which the highway passes the historic home Trumpington. The highway's name changes to Main Street on entering the town of Rock Hall. Within the town, MD 445 intersects Sharp Street and MD 20 (Rock Hall Avenue). North of Rock Hall Ball Park, the highway leaves the town and continues as Tolchester Road. MD 445 crosses a tributary to and the main course of Swan Creek and passes the historic home Hinchingham before reaching its northern terminus at Tolchester Beach Road near Tolchester Beach. Tolchester Beach Road heads west as a county highway toward the beach community and east as MD 21; the north leg of the intersection is Bay Shore Road.