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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 ...
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum: St. Michaels: Talbot: Eastern Shore: Maritime: Chesapeake Bay maritime, historical and Native American artifacts, visual arts and indigenous water craft Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum: Chesapeake Beach: Calvert: Southern: Railway: History of Chesapeake Beach Railway, also local history Chesapeake Children's ...
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 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is located in St. Michaels, Maryland, United States and is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, exhibitions, and vessels. This 18-acre (73,000 m 2) interactive museum was founded in 1965 on Navy Point, once a site of seafood packing houses, docks, and work boats. Today, the museum houses the world ...
Sandy Point State Park is a public recreation area on Chesapeake Bay, located at the western end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. [4] The state park is known for the popularity of its swimming beach, with annual attendance exceeding one million visitors. [ 5 ]
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 ...
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 ...