Maryland Route 343
State highway in Maryland, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maryland Route 343 (MD 343) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Hudson Road, the state highway runs 11.29 miles (18.17 km) from Hudson in northwestern Dorchester County east to U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Cambridge. MD 343 was paved in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The state highway originally passed through downtown Cambridge, ending just west of its present terminus. After the original Choptank River Bridge was completed in the mid-1930s, MD 343 was truncated to Sunburst Highway. In the mid-1950s, the state highway was rerouted along Washington Street to Race Street, where it ended at MD 16. Finally, MD 343 was extended to its present terminus when MD 16 bypassed Cambridge in the late 1960s.
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Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
Length | 11.29 mi[1] (18.17 km) | |||
Existed | 1927–present | |||
Tourist routes | Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Hudson Road in Hudson | |||
Major intersections | MD 341 in Cambridge | |||
East end | US 50 in Cambridge | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Maryland | |||
Counties | Dorchester | |||
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