Maryland Route 260 - Route Description

Route Description

MD 260 begins at a trumpet interchange with MD 4 (Southern Maryland Boulevard) at Lyons Creek, which forms part of the Calvert–Anne Arundel county border. There is no access from westbound MD 260 to southbound MD 4; that movement is made by following northbound MD 4 into Anne Arundel County and making a U-turn. MD 260 heads southeast as a two-lane road on a straight path for almost 6 miles (9.7 km). The highway crosses a pair of tributaries of Hall Creek and passes by the historic home Maidstone and passes through the southwestern corner of Anne Arundel County. Immediately after re-entering Calvert County, MD 260 temporarily expands to four lanes for its intersection with MD 2 (Solomons Island Road). The highway continues through the village of Owings, where the highway intersects MD 778 (Old Solomons Island Road). Southeast of the village, MD 260 crosses Hall Creek.

MD 260's heading shifts from southeast to east where it meets Mount Harmony Road at a trumpet interchange in the hamlet of Paris. Mount Harmony Road, which has a bridge over eastbound MD 260 and the ramp from Mount Harmony Road to westbound MD 260, is unsigned MD 260D within the interchange. East of the interchange at Lafayette Lane, the state highway becomes a four-lane divided highway with a wide forested median. The median narrows as MD 260 enters the town of Chesapeake Beach and ends as the highway transitions to a two-lane road with center turn lane at G Street. The highway continues four blocks to its eastern terminus at MD 261 (Bayside Road) just west of the Chesapeake Bay shoreline and several blocks north of Fishing Creek and the Chesapeake Beach Railway Station.