Maryland Route 778

Maryland Route 778
Old Solomons Island Road
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	2.12 mi[1] (3.41 km)
Existed	1965–present
Major junctions
South end	MD 2 near Owings
Major intersections	MD 260 in Owings
North end	MD 261 at Friendship
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Calvert, Anne Arundel
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 776 → MD 779

Maryland Route 778 (MD 778) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Old Solomons Island Road, the state highway runs 2.12 miles (3.41 km) from MD 2 near Owings north to MD 261 at Friendship. MD 778 and its unsigned auxiliary routes are segments of the old alignment of MD 2 in far northern Calvert County and southern Anne Arundel County. MD 2 was originally constructed as one of the original state roads in the early to mid-1910s. The state highway from Edgewater south to Owings was reconstructed in stages from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, when the Owings–Friendship portion of MD 2 was relocated. As portions of the old MD 2 were bypassed, they were designated segments of MD 778.