Delaware/Maryland Route 54

Infobox road
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highway_name=Delaware Route 54 / Maryland Route 54
alternate_name=Delmar Road, Line Road, Cypress Road, Lighthouse Road

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length_mi=41.84
length_round=2
length_ref= [http://www.deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/manuals/traffic_counts/2006/pdf/rpt_pgs1_38_rev.pdf DelDOT 2006 Traffic Count and Mileage Report] [http://www.sha.state.md.us/keepingcurrent/performTrafficStudies/dataAndStats/hwyLocationRef/2005_hlr_all/co22.pdf Maryland State Highway Administration, Wicomico County Highway Location Reference, 2005]
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maint=DelDOT, MDSHA
direction_a=West
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direction_b=East
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Delaware/Maryland Route 54 is a highway that runs through two states, Maryland and Delaware, and also forms the state line between the two states for roughly ten miles.

Counties traversed

From west to east, Route 54 passes through:
*Wicomico County, Maryland
*Sussex County, Delaware
*State line between Sussex and Wicomico Counties
*Back into Sussex County, Delaware

Cities and towns

The route passes through the following towns in Delaware and Maryland:
*Mardela Springs, Maryland
*Delmar, Delaware / Delmar, Maryland
*Selbyville, Delaware
*Fenwick Island, Delaware

Route description

Route 54 starts in Mardela Springs, Maryland in Wicomico County at Maryland Route 313 and continues east for 3.25 miles on Delmar Road before passing the Mason-Dixon line and entering Delaware. It heads east on Delmar Road, running just north of the state line and then turns south and begins straddling the Transpeninsular Line, frequently changing maintenance between the two states [http://www.sha.state.md.us/keepingcurrent/performTrafficStudies/dataAndStats/hwyLocationRef/2005_hlr_all/co22.pdf] . The state line portion of Route 54 runs through central Delmar (with Delmar, Delaware to the north and Delmar, Maryland to the south) on State Street and intersects U.S. Route 13 in the eastern part of the town. After leaving Delmar, the highway straddles the state line on Line Road until it passes Maryland Route 353, merging with Delaware Route 26, the continuation of MD 353 into Delaware. Thereafter, it remains in Delaware.

Route 54 heads north along with DE 26 into Sussex County, Delaware on the Millsboro Highway. Delaware Route 30 eventually merges with the two highways and they continue north toward Gumboro, where Route 54 heads to the east on Cypress Road. It then heads east through the Great Cypress Swamp, near the headwaters of the Pocomoke River, one of the northernmost southern swamps in the United States. The road heads toward Selbyville, where Route 54 heads to the east on Cemetery Road and crosses U.S. Route 113. It then turns to the south on Main Street,intersecting Delaware Route 17, before turning east on Lighthouse Road and leaving Selbyville. Route 54 heads to the east, running a short distance north of the Maryland border, and meets Delaware Route 20. The two routes head east through housing developments and marshland to Fenwick Island, where they end at Delaware Route 1 a block north of the border with Ocean City, Maryland.

ee also

*List of numbered routes in Delaware
*List of Maryland state highways

References

External links

* [http://www.mdroads.com/routes/040-059.html MDRoads.com, Routes 40-59]
* [http://www.aaroads.com/delaware/de-054.htm Delaware 54 at AARoads.com]