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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–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.
Span Length Type Carries Crosses ... Staten Island –Brooklyn: New York ... Chesapeake Bay Bridge North bridge: 488 m (1,600 ft) 6,415 m (21,047 ft)
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 (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 ...
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 ...
The northbound span at the North Channel Bridges consists of a truss bridge. After this, the road heads onto Fisherman Island, an island in the Chesapeake Bay in Northampton County that contains the Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge. On this island, US 13 heads off the bridge and turns north as a four-lane divided highway.
The Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department released this photo of the multi-vehicle collision that shut down all westbound lanes of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Saturday morning, Jan. 27, 2024.