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The Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge (informally called the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and, locally, the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Spanning the Chesapeake Bay , it connects the state's rural Eastern Shore region with its urban and suburban Western Shore, running between Stevensville and Sandy ...
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, connecting the eastern and western shores of Maryland was completed in 1952. Length of the suspension span is 2,922 feet and the roadway is about 200 feet above water at ...
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel (CBBT, officially the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge–Tunnel) is a 17.6-mile (28.3 km) bridge–tunnel that crosses the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay between Delmarva and Hampton Roads in the U.S. state of Virginia. It opened in 1964, replacing ferries that had operated since the 1930s.
The bridge crossed one of the busiest shipping routes in the United States: the lower Patapsco River, which connects the Port of Baltimore to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. [9] [11] In 2023, the port handled more than 444,000 passengers and 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo valued at $80 billion. [9]
After a 23-vehicle crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Saturday morning, investigators are seeking a blue 2018 Honda Civic sedan that they say was driving erratically and at high speeds.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia. [1] It is overseen by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission, and operates the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel between the Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore regions of the state. The District comprises six cities, Virginia Beach ...
The Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department released this photo of the multi-vehicle collision that shut down all westbound lanes of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Saturday morning, Jan. 27, 2024.
It is situated along the Miles River, which leads to Chesapeake Bay. [Note 1] Boaters can get to the town's St. Michaels Harbor from nearby rivers or the Chesapeake Bay. [1] Traveling by automobile from major cities such as Annapolis or Baltimore, the most direct route to the Eastern Shore involves crossing the bay using the Chesapeake Bay ...