Maryland Route 264 (MD 264) is a

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in the

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. Known as Broomes Island Road, the route runs from Oyster House Road at Broomes Island north to MD 2/ MD 4 in Port Republic. MD 264 connects the central

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communities of Broomes Island, Island Creek, and Mutual with the county's main highway at Port Republic. The state highway was constructed in the early 1920s.

Route description

MD 264 begins at the intersection of Ballard Rogers Road and Oyster House Road in Broomes Island. Ballard Rogers Road continues south to the end of the peninsula between Island Creek and the Patuxent River that contains the village of Broomes Island, a former oyster canning center. MD 264 heads north as a two-lane undivided road out of the village through a mix of farmland and forest toward the community of Island Creek, where the highway intersects Parkers Wharf Road and Williams Wharf Road. In the village of Mutual, the state highway intersects the northern terminus of

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(Mackall Road) and Laveille Road, which leads west to the historic home

La Veille La Veille, or La Veille Place, is a historic home located at Mutual, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. It is a -story gambrel-roofed brick house, of Flemish bond construction. A number of early-19th-century outbuildings include: a log ...

. North of Mutual, MD 264 passes west of Christ Church, which with a founded date of 1672 is the oldest church in Calvert County. The state highway passes a spur of old alignment, Yoes Corner Road (unsigned MD 264A), and reaches its northern terminus at a

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with MD 2/MD 4 (Solomons Island Road) in Port Republic. There is no direct access between MD 264 and MD 765 (St. Leonard Road), which meets the northbound direction of MD 2/MD 4 at an adjacent

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intersection.

History

MD 264 was constructed as a gravel road around 1923. The state highway followed the alignment of Yoes Corner Road to MD 2/MD 4 until the northern end was moved opposite the northern terminus of the St. Leonard – Port Republic segment of MD 765 around 1985. MD 264's northern terminus was changed from a standard intersection to a directional crossover intersection in 2006.

Junction list

Auxiliary route

MD 264A is the designation for Yoes Corner Lane, a spur that runs from MD 264 north to a

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adjacent to MD 2/MD 4 just west of MD 264's northern terminus.

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