History
The first section of present day MD 304 to be paved was the Bridgetown Road segment, which was built as a state aid road by 1915. Water Street, Railroad Avenue, and Ruthsburg Road east to Rolling Bridge Road were paved as a state aid road by 1921. Chesterfield Avenue was paved as a state road in 1924 and 1925. Corsica Neck Road and a new bridge across the Corsica River were completed in 1935, and designated MD 606. MD 304 was extended to a point just east of present day US 301 in 1938. The state highway was extended to Greenville Road in 1942 and to MD 481 in Ruthsburg in 1948.
Current MD 304 near Bridgetown was constructed as part of MD 405 and completed in 1942 to Bridgetown. In 1951, MD 304 was extended west over MD 606 to its present western terminus. MD 304 was extended east of MD 481 and assumed MD 405's route into Bridgetown to its present eastern terminus in 1964. Chesterfield Avenue was returned to the town of Centreville to maintain by 1961; Water Street and Railroad Avenue were transferred in 1968. MD 304A was designated along the portion of MD 304 east of US 301 when the superstreet intersection between the two highways was installed in 2011.
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