Maryland Route 778
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| Old Solomons Island Road | ||||
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 2.12 mi (3.41 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1965 – present | |||
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 MD 2 near Owings
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 MD 260 in Owings |
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| North end: |
 MD 261 at Friendship
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| Counties: | Calvert, Anne Arundel | |||
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Maryland Route 778 (MD 778) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Old Solomons Island Road, the state highway runs 2.12 miles (3.41 km) from MD 2 near Owings north to MD 261 at Friendship. MD 778 and its unsigned auxiliary routes are segments of the old alignment of MD 2 in far northern Calvert County and southern Anne Arundel County. MD 2 was originally constructed as one of the original state roads in the early to mid-1910s. The state highway from Edgewater south to Owings was reconstructed in stages from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, when the Owings–Friendship portion of MD 2 was relocated. As portions of the old MD 2 were bypassed, they were designated segments of MD 778.
MD 778 begins at an intersection with MD 2 (Solomons Island Road) south of Owings. The roadway continues on the other side of MD 2 as county-maintained Grovers Turn Road. MD 778 immediately intersects unmarked MD 765H, an unnamed old alignment of MD 2. The highway crosses over Hall Creek and meets MD 260 (Chesapeake Beach Road) in the village of Owings. Shortly after the intersection with MD 260, MD 778 crosses the Calvert–Anne Arundel county line. The state highway continues north through farmland to its northern terminus in the village of Friendship. From the northern terminus, MD 261 heads east as Friendship Road, a county-maintained portion of Friendship Road heads west toward MD 2, and Old Solomons Island Road continues north as a county highway toward a separate intersection with MD 2.
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