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Shields for MD 16 and MD 331 in Preston

Maryland Route 331 is a 28.74-mile (46.25 km) state highway on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the United States. The route runs from Vienna in Dorchester County northwest to Easton in Talbot County, intersecting U.S. Route 50 at both ends. MD 331 is a two-lane undivided road most of its length that passes mostly through agricultural areas. The road also passes through the communities of Hurlock and Preston along the way. It encounters several routes during its journey, including Maryland Route 14 near Rhodesdale and Maryland Route 16 in the Preston area, both of which the route forms concurrencies with. In addition, the route also intersects with Maryland Route 392 and Maryland Route 307 in Hurlock and with Maryland Route 318 near Preston. Most of present-day MD 331 was designated as part of U.S. Route 213 in 1926 when the U.S. Highway System was established. By 1940, US 213 was moved to a new alignment that crossed the Choptank River at Cambridge on a bridge built in 1935 and MD 331 was designated to run from Vienna to Easton. Both ends of MD 331 have been shortened since, with the southernmost portion of MD 331 curtailed following the completion of the US 50 bypass of Vienna by the 1990s and the northern terminus of the route cut back to US 50 in 2004. (more...)

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