Bryans Road is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles County, Maryland, United States.

[3] The area consisted mostly of tobacco farms until the establishment of the Naval Proving Grounds at Indian Head in 1890.

[3] The construction of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) during World War II brought new traffic.

By the early 1960s, Bryans Road became an established bedroom community for both Indian Head and Washington, D.C.[3] At the main intersection of Bryans Road, a shopping center includes a supermarket, various gas stations, and assorted retail stores that serves the community.

In 1998, plans for a massive housing development project at Chapman's Landing were thwarted by the Maryland state government, which bought the property to preserve green space under its smart growth policy.

The Charles County Board of Commission commissioned a review to study the cross-county connector, a proposed road to link Maryland Route 5 south of Waldorf to Indian Head Highway in Bryans Road, to address traffic congestion along the Indian Head Highway (Maryland Route 210) corridor.

[10][11] However, plans to build the cross county connector fell dormant after objections from environmentalists and rejections for permits by the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Army Corps of Engineers.