History
During the 1930s, the Maryland Department of Highways began the modernization of Springs Road on their side of the border to basic state highway standards. Route 669 was first designated along its current alignment in 1963 from the Maryland state line to the borough of Salisbury and the intersection with U.S. Route 219. By 1968, the Maryland State Highway Administration had renumbered Maryland Route 417, which ran southward from Route 669 as Maryland Route 669. The two bridges Route 669 uses to cross waterways in Salisbury and West Salisbury have both been deemed structurally deficient by the United States Department of Transportation. The one over the Casselman River in Salisbury was constructed in 1922 and handles an average of 1,469 vehicles per day. The second bridge, the one over Tub Mill Run in West Salisbury is in similar shape, but constructed three years later.
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