History Maryland Route 436

what ridgely avenue laid out west annapolis developer george t. melvin in 1889, , wooden swing bridge across weems creek constructed shortly thereafter.

the maryland state roads commission paved several streets concrete in west annapolis in 1929 , 1930; streets became part of 4 state highways. md 436 constructed along annapolis street taylor avenue md 2 (now md 450). md 436 followed piece of md 435; md 435 followed taylor avenue north annapolis street, followed annapolis street severn avenue (now melvin avenue), followed severn avenue wardour drive. 2 other state highways in west annapolis md 437, followed md 436 along revell street (now ridgely avenue) taylor avenue severn avenue, , md 438, followed severn avenue west 1 block annapolis street north along md 436. wooden bridge across weems creek replaced more modern concrete structure @ time.

west annapolis on 1956 maryland state highway map.

md 436 placed on of modern routing in 1954, same year md 435 assumed modern course between intersections md 450. md 436 replaced md 435 on annapolis street taylor avenue melvin avenue , superseded md 438 west 1 block along melvin avenue , north along ridgely avenue present terminus. melvin avenue part of md 435 became md 438. md 437 remained along ridgely avenue between taylor avenue , melvin avenue. md 436 replaced md 437 on portion of ridgely avenue between md 435 , melvin avenue , md 437 , md 438 removed state highway system in 1975.

md 436 s original bridge across 50 constructed when annapolis bypass built between 1952 , 1954. md 436 had access freeway via pair of right-in/right-out ramps @ end of md 783 , md 784 on eastbound , westbound sides of freeway, respectively. right-in/right-out interchanges removed when 50 reconstructed @ md 70 interchange in 1991; md 436 s modern bridge across 50 constructed same year. state highway s current swing bridge across weems creek completed in 1997, replacing structure built in 1929.