History
The first portion of MD 272 to be built from Cecil Avenue in North East north to Old Farmington Road in Bay View, which was paved by 1910. That road was resurfaced in 1926 and 1927; in addition, the road was extended south to the southern end of Main Street in North East. A second section of MD 272 was paved from Zion to Calvert around 1930. The northern section of pavement was extended north from Calvert to the Pennsylvania state line in 1932.. The southern portion of MD 272 was extended south from North East to what is now Hance Point Road by 1933 and to Old Log Cabin Road by 1935. The gap between Bay View and Calvert was filled, including a new bridge parallel to the Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge over North East Creek, around 1936. MD 272 was completed from Elk Neck to the Pennsylvania state line when the final section of highway south to Old Elk Neck Road was surfaced in 1939.
The first realignment of MD 272 occurred in 1940 when a bridge was constructed over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (now CSX) north of North East. The Main Street bridge over North East Creek in North East was replaced in 1945 as an accelerated non-military wartime project approved by the War Production Board, replacing a 1903 truss bridge. The next realignment occurred with a bridge over the Pennsylvania Railroad (now Amtrak) in North East in 1954, resulting in the present intersection with US 40.
By 1956, much of MD 272 was under construction to be relocated, widened, and resurfaced. Construction south of North East began in 1956, resulting in bypasses of what are now Hance Point Road, Old Log Cabin Road, and Arratts Road. MD 272 was widened from US 40 to Calvert starting in 1957, including relocations at Calvert, Zion, and Bay View. MD 272 was relocated from the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing to Bay View when the original diamond interchange with I-95 was constructed in 1963. Around 1968, Mauldin Avenue was extended in both directions in North East to serve as the northbound component of a one-way pair. MD 272 was extended south to its present terminus at Turkey Point around 1981. The state highway was expanded to a four-lane divided highway within the I-95 interchange in conjunction with the reconstruction of the northern half of the interchange with loop ramps in 2001.
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