In 1946, Queen Anne's County requested funds for the 3-year post-war construction program to be applied to the two county-maintained portions of the Chestertown–Millington highway and for those stretches to be added to the state highway system.
In 1946, Queen Anne's County launched a post-war rebuilding program aimed at improving the county-maintained sections of the Chestertown–Millington road and expanding its reach through integration with the state highway network.