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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 ...
After crossing the Chesapeake Bay on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, US 50/US 301 head onto Kent Island in Queen Anne's County, entering the Eastern Shore region of the state. The road continues east as the Blue Star Memorial Highway, a six-lane freeway, and passes through an eastbound all-electronic toll gantry before maintenance returns to the ...
William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge The MDTA was established in 1971 to take over functions previously performed by the former State Roads Commission . [ 1 ] Financially independent from Maryland's general fund and transportation trust fund, the Authority operates as a purely enterprise agency, providing services on a user charge ...
Crashes involving more than 40 vehicles closed all lanes on the heavily-traveled U.S. 50 Bay Bridge in Maryland on Saturday, injuring 13 people and snarling traffic for about six hours ...
Tier 2 of Bay Bridge Crossing Study to get underway in Maryland
The latter improvement was part of the transformation of US 50/US 301 to a freeway from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Queenstown, which was completed in 1991. The upgrade included a new fixed high-level bridge over Kent Narrows for US 50/US 301, relegating the 1952 drawbridge to be used only by MD 18. [ 23 ]
Length only includes the section of the Maryland and Delaware portions of Route 54 between the Maryland endpoints MD 54 — — MD 17 in Myersville: Easterday Road near Myersville: 1933: 1956 MD 55: 2.53: 4.07 MD 36 in Vale Summit: US 40 Alternate in Clarysville: 1927: current MD 56: 8.08: 13.00 I-70 in Big Pool: MD 68 near Pinesburg