Maryland Route 611

Maryland Route 611
Stephen Decatur Highway
Maryland Route 611 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	8.51 mi (13.70 km)
Existed:	1935 – present
Tourist routes:	Cape to Cape Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end:	Assateague State Park on Assateague Island
	MD 376 at Lewis Corner MD 707 in West Ocean City
North end:	US 50 in West Ocean City
Location
Counties:	Worcester
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← MD 610 MD 612 →

MD 376 at Lewis Corner

Maryland Route 611 (MD 611) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Stephen Decatur Highway, the state highway runs 8.51 miles (13.70 km) from Assateague Island north to U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in West Ocean City. MD 611 is named for Stephen Decatur, the U.S. naval officer of the early 19th century who was born in nearby Berlin. The state highway provides access to Assateague State Park and Assateague Island National Seashore via the Verrazano Bridge named for Giovanni da Verrazzano. MD 611 was first paved in West Ocean City in the mid-1930s. The highway was extended south to MD 376 at Lewis Corner in the 1940s. A ferry crossed Sinepuxent Bay to Assateague Island from the southern end of the county highway that continued south from Lewis Corner until MD 611 was extended across the Verrazano Bridge in the mid-1960s.