MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

TRANSPORTATION

BRIDGES

The State Roads Commission was authorized in 1937 to construct bridges financed by tolls to be collected on the completed projects (Chapter 356, Acts of 1937). Now, State bridges are operated and maintained by the

Chesapeake Bay Bridge westbound span, looking toward Sandy Point State Park, Maryland, May 2001. Photo by Elizabeth W. Newell.

The Bridge was named for William Preston Lane, Jr. (1892-1967), who served as governor of Maryland from 1947 to 1951.

Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge. This four-lane bridge crosses the Susquehanna River from a point near Perryville in Cecil County to a point near Havre de Grace in Harford County. Part of U.S. 40, the Hatem Memorial Bridge is 1.5 miles long. Eastbound passenger traffic now pays a $5.00 toll at Perryville.

The Bridge opened in 1940 as the Susquehanna River Toll Bridge. In 1986, it was renamed for Thomas J. Hatem (1925-1985) who represented Harford County in the House of Delegates from 1955 to 1958.

Tolls are collected for both north and southbound traffic at the Bridge. Electronic toll-collection (known as M-TAG) began for the Key Bridge in 1999. In January 2003, M-TAG became part of the E-Z Pass system. Two-axle vehicles pay $2.00 each way.

The Bridge was named for Francis Scott Key (1780-1843), who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" following the British attack on Baltimore, September 13, 1814.

Key Bridge over Patapsco River, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

The Nice Memorial Bridge crosses the Potomac River from Charles County, Maryland, to King George County, Virginia. It has two lanes and is 1.7 miles long. A $3.00 toll is collected from southbound passenger vehicles.

Solomons Island Bridge over Patuxent River (view from St. Mary's County shore), Maryland, May 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Blue Bridge

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

• Old Forge Bridge
• Riva Bridge
• Severn River Bridge
• South River Bridge
• U.S. Naval Academy Bridge
• Welch Bridge

BALTIMORE CITY

• Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Bridge
• Fort McHenry Tunnel Bridge
• Howard Street Bridge
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge (formerly Hanover Street Bridge)

BALTIMORE COUNTY

• Cromwell Bridge
• Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge
• Jericho Covered Bridge
• Liberty Dam Bridge
• Loch Raven Dam Bridge
• Prettyboy Dam Bridge

CALVERT COUNTY

• Patuxent River Bridge
• Governor Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge

CAROLINE COUNTY

• Back Landing Bridge
• Bloomery Bridge
• Campground Bridge
• Chapel Bridge
• Dover Bridge
• Hunting Creek Bridge
• Mason Bridge
• Tuckahoe Bridge

CARROLL COUNTY

• Liberty Dam Bridge
• Sixes Bridge
• Starners Dam Bridge

CECIL COUNTY

• Black Bridge
• Bohemia River Bridge
• Conowingo Bridge
• Foxcatcher Farms Covered Bridge
• Gilpin Covered Bridge
• Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge

CHARLES COUNTY

• Dyson Bridge
• Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge
• Patuxent River Bridge

DORCHESTER COUNTY

• Back Landing Bridge
• Blackwater River Bridge
• Buck Ridge Bridge
• DeCoursey Bridge
• Draw Bridge
• Elliot Creek Bridge
• Harrison Ferry Bridge
• Hart Hayward Bridge
• Higgins Millpond Bridge
• Hunting Creek Bridge
• Little Warwick Bridge
• Market Street Bridge
• Nanticoke Memorial Bridge
• Narrows Ferry Bridge
• Pokata Creek Bridge
• Smithville Bridge
• Suicide Bridge
• Transquaking Bridge

FREDERICK COUNTY

• Biggs Ford Bridge
• Devilbiss Bridge
• Four Points Bridge
• Historic Covered Bridge
• Lily Pons Bridge
• Millers Bridge
• Mumma Ford Bridge
• Roddy Covered Bridge
• Sixes Bridge
• Starners Bridge
• Utica Mills Covered Bridge

GARRETT COUNTY

• Casselman River Bridge

HARFORD COUNTY

• Clark Bridge
• Conowigo Dam Bridge
• Hatem Memorial Bridge
• Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge
• Noble's Mill Bridge
• Priestford Bridge
• Stafford Bridge

HOWARD COUNTY

• Bollman Truss Suspension Bridge
• Brighton Bridge
• Savage Dam Bridge
• Union Dam Bridge

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

• American Legion Memorial Bridge
• Brighton Dam Bridge
• Browns Bridge
• Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge
• Little Falls Dam Bridge
• Snells Bridge
• Thomas Bridge
• Whites Ferry Bridge

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY

• German Branch Bridge
• Island Creek Bridge
• Mason Bridge
• William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge

ST. MARY'S COUNTY

• St. George Island Bridge
• Governor Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge

TALBOT COUNTY

• Dover Bridge
• Senator Frederick C. Malkus Jr. Memorial Bridge
• Tuckahoe Bridge

WASHINGTON COUNTY

• Burnside Bridge
• Hicks Bridge
• Wilson Bridge

WICOMICO COUNTY

• Nanticoke Memorial Bridge
• Upper Ferry Bridge
• Whitehaven Ferry Bridge

WORCESTER COUNTY

• Assawoman Bridge
• Harry Kelly Memorial Bridge
• Snow Hill Bridge
• Verrazano Bridge

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