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Delaware Route 54 (DE 54) and Maryland Route 54 (MD 54) are adjoining state highways in the U.S. states of Delaware and Maryland. Route 54 runs from MD 313 in Mardela Springs, Maryland east to DE 1 in Fenwick Island, Delaware. In addition to two segments in which the highway is completely in Delaware and two segments in which the highway is completely in Maryland, Route 54 follows the Delaware/Maryland state line between the twin towns of Delmar, Maryland and Delmar, Delaware and the highway's intersection with MD 353 and DE 26. One section of the state line portion of Route 54 is maintained by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) while three sections of the highway that follow the state line are maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA). Route 54 was first numbered in two segments in Wicomico County, Maryland in the late 1930s. MD 467 was assigned to the segment around Mardela Springs while MD 455 was assigned to the state line road near Delmar. The Delaware portions of the highway remained unnumbered until the late 1960s, when DelDOT briefly assigned DE 32 to the highway along the southern edge of Sussex County before designating it DE 54. The Maryland State Roads Commission (now MDSHA) immediately reciprocated by designating its portions MD 54. Route 54 east of Selbyville has become an important route for seasonal beach traffic headed to and from Fenwick Island and Ocean City, with suburban development lining the road between DE 20 and the eastern terminus. DelDOT has signed DE 54 Alternate (DE 54 Alt.) as an alternate route to the beaches. Improvements have been made to the route west of Fenwick Island, including building a causeway to reduce flooding and adding a center left-turn lane. ==Route description== Route 54 begins at an intersection with MD 313 in Mardela Springs in Wicomico County, Maryland. MD 313 heads north from the intersection as Sharptown Road and west as a short continuation of Delmar Road west to MD 313's terminus with U.S. Route 50 (US 50) (Ocean Gateway).〔〔 Route 54 heads east as two-lane undivided Delmar Road, paralleling Barren Creek on the north toward the Delaware state line.〔 After passing the stone marker indicating the intersection of the Transpeninsular Line with the southern end of the Mason–Dixon Line, the highway enters the southwest corner of Sussex County, Delaware, where it intersects Columbia Road.〔〔〔 Route 54 continues east until Old Racetrack Road, where the highway turns southeast toward the state line.〔 At the intersection with Waller Road, the state highway begins to follow the state line, with Sussex County, Delaware on the north side of the road and Wicomico County, Maryland on the south, and MDSHA maintenance begins.〔〔 Route 54 immediately enters the twin towns of Delmar, Delaware and Delmar, Maryland and the highway's name changes to State Street.〔 The highway crosses Norfolk Southern Railway's Delmarva Secondary track and meets MD 675 (Bi State Boulevard), the old alignment of US 13, in the center of the towns.〔 Route 54 continues east to modern US 13, which is known as Sussex Highway in Delaware and Ocean Highway in Maryland.〔〔 At US 13, the highway leaves Delmar and DelDOT assumes maintenance for the highway.〔 Route 54 continues east from US 13 as Line Road through farmland and scattered residences along the state line.〔〔 At Brittingham Road, maintenance jurisdiction returns to MDSHA.〔 Around the intersection with Whitesville Road, Route 54 dips into Maryland for a short distance, then returns to following the state line until the intersection with MD 353 (Gumboro Road) and DE 26 (Millsboro Highway).〔〔〔 At that intersection, Route 54 turns northeast and joins DE 26 in a concurrency.〔 From this point, the highway remains in Delaware.〔 A short distance north of the state line, DE 30 (Whitesville Road) joins the concurrency. In Gumboro, DE 26 and DE 30 continue north while Route 54 turns east onto Cypress Road.〔 Route 54 crosses Bald Cypress Branch and the Pocomoke River, then passes through the Great Cypress Swamp. After crossing the swamp, the highway intersects US 113 on the west edge of Selbyville.〔 Route 54 continues east into Selbyville as Cemetery Road and crosses the Snow Hill Line of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad. The highway turns south into Main Street to pass through the central business district. After intersecting the southern terminus of DE 17 (Bethany Road), Route 54 turns east onto Lighthouse Road.〔〔 In the hamlet of Bunting, the highway intersects DE 54 Alt. (Bunting Road), an alternate route from Selbyville to Bethany Beach.〔 Route 54 begins to pass beach-related suburban development as the highway intersects the east end of DE 20 (Zion Church Road). Past this intersection, the route gains a center left-turn lane and continues past more development. As the highway approaches Fenwick Island, it becomes two lanes again and crosses two tidal ponds on an elevated causeway before it crosses The Ditch between Assawoman Bay to the south and Little Assawoman Bay to the north. After passing to the north of the Fenwick Island Light, Route 54 reaches its eastern terminus at DE 1 (Coastal Highway) in Fenwick Island, one block west of the Atlantic Ocean and one block north of Ocean City on the other side of the state line.〔 Route 54 has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 14,866 vehicles at the Old Stage Road intersection in Delmar to a low of 1,464 vehicles at the Parker Road intersection west of Selbyville.〔〔 None of Route 54 is part of the National Highway System.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Route 54 (Delaware–Maryland)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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