Maryland Route 288

Maryland Route 288 (MD 288) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Crosby Road, the highway runs 3.33 miles (5.36 km) from MD 20 near Rock Hall east to Long Cove Public Landing on the Piney Neck peninsula near Crosby in western Kent County. MD 288 was constructed in the mid-1920s and resurfaced in the mid-1960s.

Maryland Route 288
Crosby Road
Maryland Route 288 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	3.33 mi[1] (5.36 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
West end	MD 20 near Rock Hall
East end	Long Cove Public Landing near Crosby
Location
Counties	Kent
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate U.S. State Scenic Byways ← MD 287 → MD 289

Route description

View east along MD 288 at MD 20 near Rock Hall

MD 288 begins at an intersection with MD 20 (Rock Hall Road) just east of the town of Rock Hall. The two-lane undivided highway heads south along Piney Neck between Grays Inn Creek to the west and Langford Creek to the east. At Skinners Neck Road, MD 288 turns east and then south again at Edesville Road. The highway turns east again in the hamlet of Crosby while Piney Neck Road continues south. MD 288 veers south while McKinleyville Road continues southeast. The highway reaches its eastern terminus at Long Cove Public Landing on Long Cove, an inlet of Langford Creek just north of where the creek empties into the Chester River.[1][2]

History

MD 288 was constructed as a 9-foot-wide (2.7 m) concrete road from Coleman's Corner on the Rock Hall–Chestertown road to Crouch's Wharf on Piney Neck in 1925 and 1926.[3][4] MD 288 was resurfaced with bituminous concrete in 1965.[5]

Junction list

The entire route is in Kent County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Rock Hall	0.00	0.00	MD 20 (Rock Hall Road) – Chestertown	Western terminus
Piney Neck	3.33	5.36	Entrance to Long Cove Public Landing	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

•  Maryland Roads portal

References

1. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2015). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
   • [2015%20Kent_HLR_web.pdf Kent County] Check |url= value (help) (PDF).
2. Maryland State Highway Administration (2015). Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map). 1:12,000. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. §§ E14A, E14B, E14D. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
3. Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 31, 89. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
4. Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
5. Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: K-284X-267 (September 22, 1965). Retrieved September 6, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.

External links

• MDRoads: MD 288