Maryland Route 537

Maryland Route 537 is an unsigned state highway in Cecil County, Maryland running through Chesapeake City. The highway is divided into three segments, all of which are designated with a lettered suffix. A piece of Maryland 537 begins as a branch from Maryland 284 in Chesapeake City, continuing as Lock Street southward through the city past Maryland 285, and stopping at Bank Street and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Across the canal, the route picks up again in the same direction as George Street, crossing Maryland 286, and then ending at the Augustine Herman Highway (Maryland 213). Maryland Route 537 used to cross MD 213 and parallel it along Basil Road before rejoining it; however, this section has been removed from the state highway system.

Maryland 537 is the original route of Maryland 213 through Chesapeake City, which was diverted when a different site was found for a high bridge across the canal. The current bridge on Maryland 213 was opened in 1949 after the earlier vertical lift bridge connecting George Street with Lock Street was destroyed in an accident with the tanker Franz Klasen in 1942.