Editing Elkton, Maryland (section)

===Roads and highways===
[[File:US 40 WB shield past MD 781.jpeg|thumb|right|US 40 westbound past Maryland 781 in Elkton]]
[[U.S. Route 40 in Maryland|U.S. Route 40]] is the most prominent highway directly serving Elkton. It serves as the main east–west highway through Elkton, passing just south of downtown via the Pulaski Highway. To the west, US 40 heads to [[North East, Maryland|North East]] and [[Perryville, Maryland|Perryville]] while eastward, it joins up with [[U.S. Route 13 in Delaware|U.S. Route 13]] beyond [[Glasgow, Delaware]]. [[Maryland Route 213]] passes north–south through Elkton along Bridge Street, heading south to [[Chesapeake City, Maryland|Chesapeake City]] and north to [[Fair Hill, Maryland|Fair Hill]]. [[Maryland Route 279]] begins at US 40 west of Elkton and heads northeast on Newark Avenue and Elkton Road, bypassing the center of Elkton to the north and continuing toward [[Newark, Delaware]]. Other state highways serving Elkton include [[Maryland Route 7]], which heads east along Main Street and Delaware Avenue from the downtown area to US 40; [[Maryland Route 268]] which follows North Street from Main Street in downtown Elkton north to MD 279; [[Maryland Route 281]], which heads east along Red Hill Road to the Delaware border and becomes [[Old Baltimore Pike]]; [[Maryland Route 545]], which heads northwest from Elkton along Blue Ball Road; and [[Maryland Route 781]], which follows Delancy Road from US 40 north to MD 281.

[[Interstate 95 in Maryland|Interstate 95]] is the nearest [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate highway]], crossing the area just north of the town limits. It is accessible via an interchange with MD 279, from which point it heads south toward [[Baltimore]] and Washington, D.C., and north toward [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Maryland road map|year=2013 }}</ref>