 As part of that project, the highway was relocated at the MD 298 end to remove the staggered intersections between MD 297 and MD 298 in Butlertown, leaving behind MD 297A.The Butlertown–Newtown portion of MD 297 was resurfaced with bituminous concrete in 1982; that section was transferred from state to county maintenance through a June 1, 1993, road transfer agreement.MD 297A was the designation for Old Worton Road, which ran from MD 297 north to MD 298 in Butlertown.