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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is officially called the William Preston Lane, Jr., Memorial Bridge. Popularly called the Bay Bridge, this facility near Annapolis crosses the Chesapeake Bay as part of US-50/US-301. The bridge's dual spans provide a direct connection between Maryland's Eastern Shore recreational and ocean regions and the metropolitan.


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Mailing Address: William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge 850 Revell Highway Annapolis MD 21409-5559 General Information: 410-537-6600 1-888-754-0117 TTY 410-355-7024 E-mail: [email protected] William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge History:


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Kent Island Heritage Society President Jack Broderick gives community members a history lesson the the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, known as the Bay Bridge, and how it affected Kent.


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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge officially named the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge, crosses the Chesapeake Bay providing automobile access between Annapolis (Sandy Point) and the Maryland Eastern Shore (Stevensville). The bridge spans 4.3 miles and has a capacity for 1,500 vehicles per lane, per hour.


Chesapeake Bay BridgeTunnel William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge

The bridge—officially the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge—consists of two side-by-side spans. The first (now the westbound span) opened in 1952; the second, which carries.


Puente de la bahía de Chesapeake, William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial

William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge Automated Lane Closure System Project The Bay Bridge automated lane closure system (ALCS) is a project constructed for opening and closing lanes including two-way traffic operations on the bridge. Since two-way operations were implemented, lane closures have been done manually.


Puente de la bahía de Chesapeake, William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial

William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge All Electronic (Cashless) Tolling In May 2020, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) began collecting tolls via highway-speed all-electronic tolling (AET) at the Bay Bridge (US 50/301). With cashless toll collection, there's no slowing or stopping to pay tolls.


The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, officially the William Preston Lane, Jr

The William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge consists of a three lane span westbound and a two lane span eastbound. 12/21/22 Costing $45 million to build, the eastbound crossing on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened to traffic on July 30, 1952. 2 12/21/22


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The William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge replaced ferry service between Sandy Point and Stevensville when the initial two lane span opened in 1952. 12/21/22 With the completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, U.S. 50 replaced U.S. 213 from Wye Mills south to Salisbury and Ocean City.


William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge, US50, crossing Chesapeake

The world's largest continuous over-water steel structure when it opened in 1952, the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge provides a structural link that did not exist in the days.


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U.S. 50/301 over Chesapeake Bay. ☰ SEE METADATA In 1938 the State of Maryland released the transportation planning study "Maryland's Primary Bridge Program." Proposed projects included a long-desired connector between the Western and Eastern Shores, where only ferry service was available.


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The bridge is officially named the Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge after William Preston Lane Jr. who, as the 52nd Governor of Maryland, initiated its construction in the late 1940s finally after decades of political indecision and public controversy.


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NOTE: At the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge, tolls are collected in the eastbound direction only. Cash is no longer accepted at the Bay Bridge at the time of travel. For more information on the all-electronic tolling at the Bay Bridge, click here. Standard Toll Rates E-ZPass® Maryland Rates: Non-E-ZPass Maryland Rates: Video Rates:


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Two parallel bridges, known collectively as the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bay Bridge, currently cross the bay in Maryland — a two-lane eastbound span constructed in 1952 and a three-lane.


Aerial view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, officially the William

- Officially named the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge, it connects the state's rural eastern shore region with the more urban western shore. The original span opened in 1952 and, at the time, it was the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure.


Aerial view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, officially the William

Fast Facts Traffic Capacity 1,500 vehicles per lane, per hour Traffic Volumes (both directions) 1952: 870,000 FY 2017: 27.2 million Construction Start Dates November 1949 (eastbound span) May 19, 1969 (westbound span) Opening Dates July 30, 1952 (eastbound span) June 28, 1973 (westbound span) Construction Cost

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