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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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge West bridge: 704 m (2,310 ft) ... Chesapeake Bay Bridge South bridge: 488 m (1,600 ft) ... By height; By state; By city Boston;
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: 24,140 79,200 (Viaduct) 1964 (NB) 1999 (SB) Highway: United States Penang Second Bridge: 24,000 79,000: 250 820 [19] 2014: Highway: Malaysia: MRT Kajang Line Northern Elevated Section: 23,100 75,800 (Viaduct) 2016: Metro: Malaysia Bridge section of Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Guinness: Longest bridge over ...
Initially named the Outer Harbor Crossing, the bridge was renamed in 1976 for poet Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner", the U.S. national anthem. At 8,636 feet (2,632 m), it was the second-longest bridge in the Baltimore metropolitan area, after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
The bridge, which measures 1.2 miles and has a 100-foot clearance over the Elizabeth River, initially will carry ... Chesapeake’s new High-Rise Bridge slated to open to traffic this weekend Skip ...