Maryland Route 361

Maryland Route 361 marker

Maryland Route 361
Fairmount Road

A map of Somerset County, Maryland showing major roads. Maryland Route 361 runs from Upper Fairmount east to MD 413 near Westover.

Maryland Route 361 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 5.62 mi[1] (9.04 km)
Existed: 1927 – present
Major junctions
West end: End of state maintenance in Upper Fairmount
East end: MD 413 in Westover
Location
Counties: Somerset
Highway system
← MD 360MD 362 →

Maryland Route 361 (MD 361) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Fairmount Road, the state highway runs 5.62 miles (9.04 km) from the beginning of state maintenance in Upper Fairmount east to MD 413 in Westover. MD 361 provides access to the villages of Manokin and Upper Fairmount. The state highway was constructed from the Westover end beginning in 1926. MD 361 was completed west through Upper Fairmount in the early 1930s.

Route description

MD 361 begins on Fairmount Road between the Fairmount Volunteer Fire Department and Clinton Bozman Road on the west edge of Upper Fairmount. Fairmount Road continues west as a county highway toward Fairmount, Frenchtown, and Rumbly. MD 361 heads east through the Upper Fairmount Historic District, passing Upper Hill Road and an old alignment of the highway, Jones Factory Road, before leaving Upper Fairmount and passing through the Chesapeake Forest Lands. The state highway leaves the forest and passes through the hamlet of Manokin, where the highway intersects Millard Long Road, which heads north toward Revells Neck, and River Road, which heads south toward Kingston. MD 361 passes the county landfill and Charles Layfield Road before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 413 (Crisfield Highway). Ritzel Road, the old alignment of MD 361, continues east to its terminus at Old Westover–Marion Road, the old alignment of MD 413.[1][2]

History

The first section of MD 361 was constructed in 1926 from the old alignment of MD 413 west to Charles Layfield Road.[3][4] The highway was extended west through Manokin by 1930.[5] MD 361 was completed through Upper Fairmount in 1933.[6][7] The part of the state highway between MD 413 and the old alignment of MD 413 was removed from state maintenance by 1961.[8]

Junction list

The entire route is in Somerset County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Upper Fairmount0.000.00Fairmount Road west – FairmountWestern terminus
Westover5.629.04 MD 413 (Crisfield Highway) to US 13 – Salisbury, CrisfieldEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  2. ↑ Google (2010-05-03). "Maryland Route 361" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  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: 27. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  7. ↑ Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland" (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission: 354. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  8. ↑ Maryland State Roads Commission (1961). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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