Route Description
MD 235 begins at an intersection with MD 5 (Point Lookout Road) in Ridge. The state highway heads north as a two-lane road through a mix of farmland and forest. MD 235 passes through the community of Dameron and to the west of The Elms Wildlife Management Area before meeting MD 489 (Park Hall Road) in Park Hall Estates. The state highway passes a section of old alignment on the east, then turns northwest and intersects MD 712 (Forest Park Road) and Hermanville Road in the hamlet of Hermanville at the southern edge of NAS Patuxent River. MD 235 expands to a five-lane road with center turn lane as the highway runs along the western edge of the military base. The state highway starts to pass residential subdivisions before reaching the intersection with MD 246 (Great Mills Road) in Lexington Park. MD 235 continues northwest along the boundary of NAS Patuxent River as a six-lane divided highway with continuous right-turn lanes, lined on its southbound side with a commercial strip. Beyond Pegg Road, which heads east to another entrance to the military base, businesses start lining both side of the road. After passing Millstone Landing Road, which leads to St. Richard's Manor, the state highway enters California, where the highway intersects MD 237 (Chancellors Run Road). A short distance to the north, MD 235 intersects MD 4, which heads west as St. Andrew's Church Road and east as Patuxent Beach Road toward the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge over the Patuxent River to Calvert County.
Beyond MD 4, MD 235 reduces to a four-lane divided highway and passes to the east of St. Mary's County Regional Airport. The first of several sections of old alignment, MD 944 (Mervell Dean Road), splits to the north. MD 235 continues past Clarks Landing Road before intersecting MD 245 (Hollywood Road/Sotterley Road) in Hollywood. Another old alignment, Clover Hill Road, splits to the west as the highway passes through Hillville. Beyond the intersection with MD 472 (North Sandgates Road), MD 235 passes through Oakville, where another old alignment, Oakville Road, splits to the north before the main road intersects MD 247 (Loveville Road). Mt. Zion Church Road, yet another old alignment, splits to the north in the hamlet of Laurel Grove before MD 235 intersects the eastern terminus of MD 6 (New Market–Turner Road) and Morganza–Turner Road in Oraville. The final old alignment of MD 235, Harpers Corner Road, splits to the west shortly before the state highway reaches its northern terminus at MD 5 near Mechanicsville. MD 5 heads southwest as two-lane Point Lookout Road toward Leonardtown. Northbound MD 5 continues straight on the divided highway as Three Notch Road toward Charlotte Hall and Waldorf.
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