Where is the halfway point from Maryland to New Jersey?

Answer 1

nice question

& there are several ways to answer it

first

the way most people make the journey

traveling by road across Delaware on interstates 95 & 295

the halfway point in distance between the Maryland & New Jersey state lines falls on interstate 95

in between exits 4b & 5a

about 3 quarters of the way from the little green mile marker numbered 8 to the one numbered 9

but the halfway point in driving time is likely to fall much closer to the Delaware memorial bridge owing to the greater traffic congestion in eastern Delaware than in western Delaware

however

an entirely different answer can be arrived at by disregarding the means & route & time of travel

& simply measuring the halfway point by distance alone

as the crow flies so to say

between the closest points of Maryland & New Jersey to each other

wherever they happen to be

& this answer happens to fall at or very near the westernmost corner of the city of odessa Delaware

where it is actually less than 6 miles to both state lines in opposite directions

at the same time

traveling other than by interstate & or other than as a crow

many other halfway points are possible

for example

sailing or swimming in the ocean

the halfway point is about 2 miles off Indian river inlet at the Delaware seashore state park

while sailing or swimming in the intracoastal waterway

the halfway point would fall roughly at the route 7 bridge over the chesapeake & Delaware canal just west of saint georges Delaware

but there is nothing that says you couldn't take a longer way around either

or go by other means

among the longest of the long ways

the halfway point would be near Australia

& if you leave the earth entirely or even the solar system

then you could of course make the halfway point much farther than Australia

but the truth is

it is how you yourself decide to go or to measure that makes the halfway point what it is