Transportation U.S. Route 50 runs north–south through the eastern part of the town along Ocean Gateway, heading northwest toward the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and southeast toward
Cambridge,
Salisbury, and
Ocean City.
Maryland Route 322 bypasses Easton to the west along the Easton Parkway. Washington Street serves as the main street of Easton, running north–south, with the southernmost section connecting to MD 322 a part of
Maryland Route 565.
Maryland Route 33 heads west from Washington Street on Bay Street, leading to
St. Michaels and
Tilghman Island.
Maryland Route 333 heads southwest from Washington Street on Peachblossom Rd, heading west to
Oxford.
Maryland Route 334 runs along Port Street between MD 322 and Washington Street. Goldsborough Street heads east from downtown Easton and becomes
Maryland Route 328 upon crossing US 50, heading northeast to
Denton. Dover Street heads east from downtown Easton and becomes
Maryland Route 331 upon crossing US 50, heading southeast to
Preston and
Vienna.
Maryland Route 309 begins at US 50 north of Easton and heads northeast toward
Queen Anne.
Maryland Route 662 heads north from Easton, paralleling US 50.
Easton Airport, a general aviation airport, is located to the north of Easton. The nearest airports to Easton with commercial air service are the
Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport near Salisbury and the
Baltimore–Washington International Airport near
Baltimore. Delmarva Community Transit provides bus service to Easton, operating multiple routes to towns in Talbot,
Queen Anne's,
Kent,
Caroline, and
Dorchester counties along with a shuttle to
Chesapeake College and the local Route C and Route D buses serving points in Easton. The
Pennsylvania Railroad operated trains from New York and Philadelphia to Easton until the late 1940s.
Utilities Easton Utilities, which is owned by the town of Easton, provides electricity, natural gas, water, wastewater service, cable, internet, and telephone service to the town. The utility commission was founded in 1914 and had control of all utility services in 1923, making Easton the first community in the state to own all its utility services. Easton Utilities provides electricity to over 10,000 customers, with most electricity purchased and some also generated by the town during times of high prices. Easton Utilities provides natural gas to over 4,500 customers, with natural gas purchased from the
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company. The town's natural gas supply is piped from the
Gulf of Mexico via an interstate pipeline to
Federalsburg, where of steel and plastic mains then deliver it to customers in Easton. The town, which has owned the natural gas utility since 1923, formerly delivered gas to customers by burning coal at a plant on West Street, but converted to natural gas in 1966. Easton Utilities is the only municipal natural gas utility in Maryland. Easton Utilities provides water to 6,800 customers, with of water mains and over 550 fire hydrants. The town gets its water from six wells that draw from underground aquifers, with the water then treated and stored. Easton Utilities provides wastewater service to about 6,800 customers, operating more than of wastewater mains, six pumping stations, and a wastewater treatment plant. Easton Utilities' cable service, branded as Easton Velocity, is one of a few municipal cable systems in the United States. The cable system in Easton was first built in 1984 and upgraded to a hybrid fiber/coax design in 2001. Internet service through Easton Utilities is provided under the Easton Velocity brand, utilizing a fiber-optic network. Easton Utilities' telephone service operates under the Easton Velocity DigitalVoice brand. The town's Public Works department provides trash and recycling collection to Easton, with trash collection utilizing automated tipper cans.
Health care University of Maryland Shore Regional Health operates the
University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton in Easton, a hospital with 112 beds, 20 acute care inpatient beds, and an
emergency room. In 1906, Judge William R. Martin commissioned
Mary Bartlett Dixon to serve as the treasurer and help establish a hospital in Easton Maryland. She began the hospital in a rented building, which later burned to the ground. Dixon and Elizabeth Wright Dixon received $43, 000 to construct the Memorial Hospital. Together, the woman began a nursing school in 1907. The school was run by volunteers.
Schools The
Talbot County Public Schools includes the
Easton High School. ==Sports==