 Old Baltimore Pike begins at the Delaware – Maryland state line near Newark , Delaware , where the highway continues west into that state as MD 281 . The road heads northeast from the state line through wooded residential areas as a two @-@ lane undivided road , intersecting Otts Chapel Road before passing south of Iron Hill Park . Old Baltimore Pike crosses DE 896 and enters rural areas . Here , the roadway passes Cooch 's Bridge , a historic battle site of the American Revolutionary War . It then crosses Norfolk Southern 's Delmarva Secondary railroad line and encounters DE 72 . 
 Old Baltimore Pike <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>begins</mark></a> at the Delaware – Maryland state line near Newark , Delaware , where the highway <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>continues</mark></a> west into that state as MD 281 . The road heads northeast from the state line through wooded residential areas as a two @-@ lane undivided road , intersecting Otts Chapel Road before passing south of Iron Hill Park . Old Baltimore Pike <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>crosses</mark></a> DE 896 and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>enters</mark></a> rural areas . Here , the roadway <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>passes</mark></a> Cooch <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>Bridge , a historic battle site of the American Revolutionary War . It then <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>crosses</mark></a> Norfolk Southern <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>Delmarva Secondary railroad line and encounters DE 72 . 
Old Baltimore Pike begin at da Delaware – Maryland state line near Newark , Delaware , where the highway continue west into dat state as MD 281 . Tdaroad heads northeast from the state line through wooded residential areas as a two @-@ lane undivided road , intersecting Otts Chapel Road before passing south of Iron Hill Park . Old Baltimore Pike cross DE 896 and enter rural areas . Here , thdaoadway pass Cooch  Bridge , a historic battle site of thedaerican Revolutionary War . It then cross Norfolk Southern  Delmarva Secondary railroad line and encounters DE 72 .