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  2. Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware.

  3. Kent Island (Maryland) - Wikipedia

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    Kent Island is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay and a historic place in Maryland.To the east, a narrow channel known as the Kent Narrows barely separates the island from the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the other side, the island is separated from Sandy Point, an area near Annapolis, by roughly four miles (6.4 km) of water.

  4. Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge: One of many Maryland ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. Eastern Shore of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The 17.6-mile-long (28.3 km) Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, which is part of U.S. Route 13, spans the mouth of the Bay and connects the Eastern Shore to South Hampton Roads and the rest of Virginia. Before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel was built in 1964, the Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry provided the continuation of U.S. 13 across this ...

  7. List of bridges in the United States by height - Wikipedia

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    San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (eastern span) San Francisco Bay: 2013: California: 190 ft (57.9 m) Hawk Falls Bridge [16] Mud Run: 1957: Pennsylvania: Union Pacific Kate Shelley Bridge: Des Moines River: 2009: Iowa: 186 ft (56.7 m) Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge: Cooper River: 2005: South Carolina: Chesapeake Bay Bridge (dual spans) Chesapeake ...

  8. Patuxent River - Wikipedia

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    The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland.There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington, D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two.

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