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Maryland Route 247

{{short description|State highway in Maryland, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox road

|state=MD

|type=MD

|route=247

|alternate_name=Loveville Road

|map={{maplink-road}}

|map_custom=yes

|length_mi=2.89

|length_round=2

|length_ref=

|established=1942

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=MD|MD|5}} in Loveville

|junction={{jct|state=MD|MD|235}} in Oakville

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b=Oakville Road in Oakville

|counties=St. Mary's

|previous_type=MD

|previous_route=246

|next_type=MD

|next_route=249

|browse=

}}

Maryland Route 247 (MD 247) is a state highway in Maryland. Known as Loveville Road, the highway runs {{convert|2.89|mi|km}} from MD 5 in Loveville north to Oakville Road in Oakville. MD 247, which serves as a connector between MD 5 and MD 235 in northern St. Mary's County, was constructed in the early 1940s.

Route description

File:2020-05-23 12 12 55 View south along Maryland State Route 247 (Loveville Road) just south of Maryland State Route 235 (Three Notch Road) in Oakville, St. Mary's County, Maryland.jpg

MD 247 begins at an intersection with MD 5 (Point Lookout Road) in Loveville. The state highway heads north as a two-lane undivided road through farmland. MD 247 intersects MD 235 (Three Notch Road) in Oakville before reaching its northern terminus at Oakville Road, the old alignment of MD 235.

History

MD 247 was constructed as a gravel road between 1940 and 1942. Aside from repaving, the state highway has changed very little since.

Junction list

{{jcttop|length_ref=
|state=MD|county=St. Mary's}}

{{MDint

|location=Loveville

|mile=0.00

|road={{jct|state=MD|MD|5|name1=Point Lookout Road|city1=Leonardtown|city2=Waldorf}}

|notes=Southern terminus

}}

{{MDint

|location=Oakville

|ctdab=St. Mary's

|lspan=2

|mile=2.84

|road={{jct|state=MD|MD|235|name1=Three Notch Road|city1=Lexington Park|city2=Waldorf}}

}}

{{MDint

|mile=2.89

|road=Oakville Road

|notes=Northern terminus; old alignment of MD 235

}}

{{jctbtm}}

See also

  • {{Portal-inline|Maryland Roads}}

References

{{reflist|30em|refs=

{{Maryland HLR|year=2013|county1=St. Mary's|accessdate=2010-12-14}}

{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=MD-5+N%2FPoint+Lookout+Rd&daddr=Albert+Wood+Rd&geocode=Fb5kSQIdnult-w%3BFcDkSQIdvFdu-w&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=38.380735,-76.668755&sspn=0.061766,0.154324&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13|title=Maryland Route 247|accessdate=2010-12-14}}

{{Maryland SRC report|year=1942|page=95|accessdate=2010-12-14}}

{{Maryland road map|year=1946}}

}}

External links

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  • [http://www.mdroads.com/routes/240-259.html#md247 MDRoads: MD 247]

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