Maryland Route 276 (
MD 276) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state of
Maryland. Known for most of its length as Jacob Tome Memorial Highway, the state highway runs from
MD 222 in
Port Deposit north to
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) near
Harrisville. MD 276, which connects Port Deposit with
Rising Sun, is named for
Jacob Tome, a
lumber magnate,
state senator, and
philanthropist of Port Deposit in the 19th century. The state highway is signed as part of
MD 222 Truck from
MD 275 in Woodlawn north to US 1. The segment of MD 276 that runs due north–south was originally further to the east, between
Hopewell Manor and what is now
MD 273 in Rising Sun; that segment was paved by 1910. The portion of the state highway between Port Deposit and Rising Sun was constructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 276 was shifted west to between Woodlawn and its present northern terminus at US 1 in the late 1950s.