Maryland Route 497 | ||||
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| Cove Point Road | ||||
Maryland Route 497 highlighted in red
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length | 2.68 mi[1] (4.31 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   MD 2 / MD 4inLusby | |||
| Major intersections |  MD 765 in Lusby | |||
| East end | Lighthouse Boulevard in Cove Point | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Calvert | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 497 (MD 497) is a state highway in the U.S. stateofMaryland. Known as Cove Point Road, the state highway runs 2.68 miles (4.31 km) from MD 2/MD 4inLusby east to the community of Cove Point. MD 497 was constructed in the early 1930s.
MD 497 begins at an intersection with MD 2/MD 4, which run concurrently as Solomons Island Road, in Lusby. The state highway heads east as a two-lane undivided road and intersects the old alignment of MD 2, MD 765 (H.G. Trueman Road). A park and ride lot is located on the southwest corner of this intersection. MD 497 continues east along Cove Point Park before intersecting Little Cove Point Road, which leads to the Chesapeake Ranch Estates community and the Chesapeake Ranch Airstrip. The state highway passes by the entrance to the Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and through a forested area before reaching its eastern terminus at the entrance to the Cove Point community. The roadway continues as county-maintained Lighthouse Boulevard to the Cove Point Light.[1][2]
MD 497 was constructed as a gravel road from MD 2 (now MD 765) to its eastern terminus by 1933.[3] The state highway was extended west to MD 2/MD 4 when the two highways were relocated from MD 765 to a new divided highway to the west around 1987.[4]
The entire route is in Calvert County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Lusby | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 2 / MD 4 (Solomons Island Road) – Prince Frederick, Solomons | Western terminus | |
| 0.25 | 0.40 | MD 765 (H.G. Trueman Road) | Officially MD 765Q | ||
| Cove Point | 2.68 | 4.31 | Lighthouse Boulevard east – Cove Point Light | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
