Abandoned MD 12 Girdletree, MD Between Snow Hill and Girdletree, MD... a short abandoned section of MD 12 exists.  Built of concrete, it is a textboox example on how highways were constructed in Maryland before World War II. Note the construction, single slab concrete with asphalt shoulders.  This was typical of 1930's state highway construction in Maryland. Looking back toward Snow Hill. A closer look shows the remains of painted center lines on the concrete. Another short section of asphalt shoulders remain. The Snow Hill side of the abandoned section. Nature is slowly reclaming the old highway. From the Snow Hill side... looking back toward Girdletree.  You can see what remains of the single slab concrete, however most of the asphalt shoulders have been reclaimed by nature.  More of the pre-World War II concrete.  Looking back toward the Girdletree end of the abandoned section.  A close up of the concrete itself. It looks as if the concrete was mixed with broken oyster and clam shells instead of gravel. All photos taken August 18, 2007 by Corey Dukes