U.S. Route 13 in Maryland

U.S. Route 13 In Maryland

U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a U.S. Highway running from Fayetteville, North Carolina north to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. In the U.S. state of Maryland, the route runs 42.48 mi (68.36 km) from the Virginia border south of Pocomoke City in Worcester County north to the Delaware border in Delmar, Wicomico County, where the route intersects Delaware/Maryland Route 54, which runs along the state line. The majority of the route within Maryland is a four-lane divided highway that passes through rural areas of woodland and farmland. The route also runs through a few municipalities including Pocomoke City and Princess Anne and it bypasses Salisbury and Fruitland to the east on the Salisbury Bypass, which is a freeway. US 13 intersects many major roads including the southern terminus of U.S. Route 113 in Pocomoke City, Maryland Route 413 in Westover, and Maryland Route 12 and U.S. Route 50 where the route is on the Salisbury Bypass. The route shares a concurrency with US 50 along a portion of the Salisbury Bypass.

US 13 was designated through Maryland when the U.S. Highway System was established in 1926, running along existing roads. It formed a part of the Ocean Highway, a road that connected the New York City area to Florida, and still carries that name for much of its route in Maryland. Many realignments of the route occurred over the years, with one by 1940 that moved the road to a new alignment between Greenhill and Princess Anne and from north of Princess Anne to Salisbury, another by 1960 that bypassed Princess Anne, and one by 1975 that bypassed Pocomoke City. By 1983, US 13 was moved to the limited-access Salisbury Bypass that had opened in stages. Many former alignments of US 13 in Maryland are still part of the state highway system. U.S. Route 13 Business has been designated along former alignments through Pocomoke City and Salisbury (see also US 13 Business Pocomoke City and US 13 Business Salisbury) while the original alignments of the route through Princess Anne and Delmar have been designated Maryland Route 675, and a portion of the former route north of Princess Anne has been designated as Maryland Route 529.