The state highway heads north as a two-lane undivided road through a residential neighborhood.

The state highway continues north through residential areas and leaves the city limits of Aberdeen between crossings of Carsins Run and Swan Creek.

The state highway has staggered intersections with Chapel Road, which heads east toward the city of Havre de Grace and west toward Aldino.

[1][2] MD 462 was fully paved in macadam from Aberdeen to Webster by 1933.

[3] The state highway has not changed since except for minor improvements.