History
When Maryland's state highway system was created, the alignment of Maryland Route 537B and Maryland Route 537C, along with nearby Route 285, was originally an alignment of U.S. Route 213. The bridge over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which carried the alignment of U.S. Route 213, was destroyed when a tanker, Franz Klasen, collided with it in 1942. U.S. Route 213 was kept on the alignment for seven years, until 1949, when the current-day Chesapeake City Bridge was constructed and Route 213 was realigned onto it. The highway was later re-designated as Maryland Routes 537B and 537C.
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