I avoided the harsh reality of Grand Avenue and the Southern State by taking the shore route.
In June 2002, a 1,300-acre 1,300-acree in Berkeley Township, also in Ocean County, destroyed a house and jumped the Garden State Parkway, closing a 24-mile stretch oforestbusy shore route firemore than 12 hours on a summer Sunday.
Pairwise geographic distance was measured as shortest along-shore route between sampling sites.
At the intersection with Fifth Street, the route becomes a three-lane undivided road with a center left-turn lane and continues to an intersection with U.S. Route 9 (Shore Road).
After passing near the Absecon Station, US 30 crosses Shore Road, which heads north as Route 157 and south as CR 585.
Traffic leaving the Eastern Shore on Route 50 was backed up by midday, stretching more than three miles in the Queenstown area, according to Maryland State Highway Administration.
To get to the Rocky Hill landing, also on the western shore, take Route 9 to Exit 23, head east on West Street, following signs to the landing on Route 160.
But the railroad never recovered from the Depression, and in 1955, the Shore Line route was abandoned.
As early as 2008, stakeholders in Maryland and New York, as well as their federal representatives, pushed for legislation to establish two national historical parks honoring Harriet Tubman: one at her place of birth on Maryland's eastern shore, the route of the Underground Railroad in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot counties, Maryland; and a second to include her home in Auburn, NY.
Lac Leman, along whose shores the route skirts, is surrounded by mountains and vineyards.
Charles Scott, the principal historic preservation specialist with the State Historic Preservation Office, said that the railroads in the state catered to many travelers, from the shore resort routes to the mainline freight lines.
