Maryland Route 249

Maryland Route 249
Piney Point Road
Maryland Route 249 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length9.84 mi (15.84 km)
Existed1927–present
Tourist
routes
Religious Freedom Byway
Major junctions
South endPiney Point Road in St. George Island
Major intersections MD 244 at Valley Lee
North end MD 5 at Callaway
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesSt. Mary's
Highway system
MD 247 MD 250

Maryland Route 249 (MD 249) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Piney Point Road, the state highway runs 9.84 miles (15.84 km) from St. George Island north to MD 5 in Callaway. MD 249 is the primary access to St. George Island and the communities of Piney Point, Tall Timbers, and Valley Lee on the Piney Point peninsula between the Potomac River and St. George's Creek in southern St. Mary's County. The state highway was constructed on the mainland in the early 1920s; the portion of the highway on St. George Island was completed in the early 1930s. MD 249 was reconstructed in the 1950s, including a new St. George Island Bridge.