Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Maryland Route 279 (MD 279) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Elkton Road and Newark Avenue, the state highway runs 4.95 miles (7.97 km) from U.S. Route 40 (US 40) and MD 7 west of Elkton to the Delaware state line north of Elkton, where the highway continues as Delaware Route 279 (DE 279). MD 279 functions as a northern bypass of Elkton and is the primary highway to Newark, Delaware, from Maryland. The state highway was constructed in the 1910s. The highway was realigned north of Elkton in the early 1960s when Interstate 95 (I-95) was constructed through eastern Cecil County. MD 279 bypassed Elkton with an extension to US 40 in the late 1960s; the old alignment to downtown Elkton was designated MD 268.. }
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- Maryland_Route_279 abstract "Maryland Route 279 (MD 279) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Elkton Road and Newark Avenue, the state highway runs 4.95 miles (7.97 km) from U.S. Route 40 (US 40) and MD 7 west of Elkton to the Delaware state line north of Elkton, where the highway continues as Delaware Route 279 (DE 279). MD 279 functions as a northern bypass of Elkton and is the primary highway to Newark, Delaware, from Maryland. The state highway was constructed in the 1910s. The highway was realigned north of Elkton in the early 1960s when Interstate 95 (I-95) was constructed through eastern Cecil County. MD 279 bypassed Elkton with an extension to US 40 in the late 1960s; the old alignment to downtown Elkton was designated MD 268.".