 All three segments of MD 537 were resurfaced with bituminous concrete in 1976.The intersection of MD 537B and MD 284 was transformed from a tangent intersection to the present orthogonal intersection in 1982.The following year, the portion of MD 537B between MD 213 and MD 285's then western terminus at the intersection of Biddle and Lock streets was renumbered as an extension of MD 285.