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[1] [11] Known as the Potomac River Bridge when opened in December 1940, the bridge was renamed in 1967 for Harry W. Nice (1877–1941) who served as governor of Maryland from 1935 to 1939. [12] [13] The bridge was the first south of Washington, D.C. to provide a highway link between Maryland and Virginia.
U.S. Route 301 enters Maryland along the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River from Virginia. A four-lane highway through most of the state, it is known locally as the Crain Highway and it connects several rural communities and small exurbs at the outer edges of the Washington metropolitan area , connecting communities ...
US 301 is a Blue Star Memorial Highway for its entire length in Maryland. The Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland declared the U.S. Highway a Blue Star Memorial Highway as a tribute to the United States Armed Forces in 1948, and a 1953 resolution signed by Governor William Preston Lane, Jr., officially dedicated US 301 as such. [2]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge; Grassy Creek Bridge; Great Bridge Bridge; H. Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel;
Arlington Memorial Bridge Washington, D.C. 38°53′14″N 77°03′20″W / 38.88722°N 77.05556°W / 38.88722; -77.05556 ( Arlington Memorial
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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge: 1,058: 35 C: Mid: 569 George Massey Tunnel: 1,056: 35 C ...
George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, US 17 across York River between Yorktown, Virginia and Gloucester County; Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, US 301 across Potomac River between Dahlgren and Maryland; Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, I-64 and US 60 between Norfolk and Hampton; Huguenot Memorial Bridge, VA 147 across James River between ...