Maryland Route 274

Maryland Route 274
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	7.35 mi[1] (11.83 km)
Major junctions
West end:	MD 273 in Rising Sun
East end:	MD 272 in Bay View
Location
Counties:	Cecil
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 273 MD 275 →

Maryland Route 274 (MD 274) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Joseph Biggs Memorial Highway, the state highway runs 7.35 miles (11.83 km) from MD 273 in Rising Sun east to MD 272 in Bay View. In conjunction with MD 272, MD 274 connects Rising Sun with Interstate 95 (I-95) in central Cecil County. The state highway was built near Rising Sun in two segments, one before 1910 and the other in the mid 1920s. MD 274 was completed to Bay View in the early 1940s. The state highway has a truck bypass using MD 273 and MD 272 via Calvert.

Route description

MD 274 begins as Queen Street at an intersection with MD 273 (Main Street) in the town of Rising Sun. The state highway heads south, leaving the town limits as it curves to the southeast and becomes Joseph Biggs Memorial Highway. MD 272 passes through a mix of farmland and scattered residences while heading southeast along a ridge separating North East Creek to the northeast from Principio Creek and Stony Run to the southwest. The state highway passes through the communities of Farmington and College Green on its way to Bay View. The old alignment of MD 274, Old Farmington Road, splits to the east and MD 274 intersects the old alignment of MD 272, Old Bayview Road, before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 272 (North East Road) across from the entrance to Cecil College and just north of MD 272's interchange with I-95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway).^[1][2]

History

A section of present-day MD 274 was paved from Post Road between Farmington and College Green north to Pierce Road south of Rising Sun by 1910.^[3] The gap between that section and MD 273 in Rising Sun was filled by 1927.^[4] MD 274 remained a spur from Rising Sun to College Green until the highway to Bay View was completed in 1942.^[5][6] MD 274 was extended east a short distance from Old Bayview Road to its present terminus at MD 272 around 1962.^[7]

Junction list

The entire route is in Cecil County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Rising Sun	0.00	MD 273 (Main Street) / MD 274 Truck east to US 1 – Bel Air, Newark, DE	Western terminus; MD 274 Truck heads east on MD 273
Bay View	7.35	MD 272 (North East Road) / MD 274 Truck west to I-95 – North East, Calvert	Eastern terminus; MD 274 Truck heads north on MD 272
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Truck route

Maryland Route 274 Truck
Location:	North East – Rising Sun
Length:	9.31 mi[1] (14.98 km)

Maryland Route 274 Truck is a 9.31-mile (14.98 km) truck bypass of MD 274.^[1] The signed route follows MD 273 from MD 274's western terminus in Rising Sun east to MD 273 in Calvert. MD 274 Truck continues south on MD 272 from Calvert to MD 274's eastern terminus in Bay View.^[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Highway Location Reference: Cecil County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_CECIL.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 274 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=S+Queen+St&daddr=MD-274+E%2FBiggs+Hwy%2FJoseph+Biggs+Memorial+Hwy&hl=en&geocode=FYy-XQIdTF93-w%3BFaHeXAIdEvd4-w&mra=ls&sll=39.6694,-76.010705&sspn=0.06065,0.154324&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
3. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland (Map) (1910 ed.). 
4. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1927 ed.). 
5. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1941-1942. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1943-03-15. p. 81. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1941mary. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
6. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1946-47 ed.). 
7. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1962 ed.). 
8. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 274 Truck (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=md+273+and+md+274+rising+sun,+md&daddr=md+273+and+md+272+calvert,+md+to:md+272+and+md+274+bay+view,+md&hl=en&geocode=FYi-XQIdSl93-yklSC7JErbHiTE3I44iFHwS_w%3BFdfRXQIdiKZ4-ylbyE4S47PHiTG8wGUcWe5RKg%3BFZreXAIdR_d4-ymPN_X67bDHiTFLi9VcaNEdcw&mra=ls&sll=39.669671,-76.010628&sspn=0.06065,0.154324&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 

External links

• MD 274 @ MDRoads.com
• MD 274 Truck signed along MD 273 and MD 272