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 Chesapeake Bay 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 $6.00 toll for cars at Perryville (higher for vehicles with 3 or more axles).

The Hatem Memorial 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 $3.00 each way (higher for vehicles with 3 or more axles).

The Key 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 (US 301) crosses the Potomac River from Charles County, Maryland, to King George County, Virginia. It has two lanes and is 1.7 miles long. A $4.00 toll is collected from southbound passenger vehicles (higher for vehicles with 3 or more axles).

Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge over Potomac River, view from Virginia, October 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Blue Bridge (Potomac River)
• Thomas B. Finan Memorial Bridge
• Pinto Bridge (Potomac River)
• Beryl Bridge (Potomac River, north branch)

• Nutwell Memorial Bridge (Rockhold Creek)
• Old Forge Bridge
• Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Severn River)
• Riva Bridge (South River)
• Severn River Bridge (Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge)
• T. H. Riley Memorial Bridge (Patapsco River)
• U.S. Naval Academy Bridge (Severn River)
• Veterans Memorial Bridge (South River)
• Welch Bridge
• William Preston Lane, Jr., Memorial Bridge (Chesapeake Bay)

• Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Bridge
• Curtis Creek Bridge
• Fort McHenry Tunnel Bridge
• Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge (Patapsco River)
• Howard Street Bridge
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge (formerly Hanover Street Bridge) (Patapsco River, middle branch)

• Cort Memorial Bridge (Bear Creek)
• Cromwell Bridge
• Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge (Patapsco River)
• Jericho Covered Bridge
• Liberty Dam Bridge
• Loch Raven Dam Bridge
• Matthews Bridge (Loch Raven Reservoir)
• Prettyboy Dam Bridge

• Patuxent River Bridge
• Governor Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge (Patuxent River)

• Back Landing Bridge
• Bloomery Bridge
• Campground Bridge
• Chapel Bridge
• Dover Bridge
• Hunting Creek Bridge
• Mason Bridge
• Tuckahoe Bridge
• Veterans Memorial Bridge (Choptank River)

• Liberty Dam Bridge
• Sixes Bridge
• Starners Dam Bridge

• Black Bridge
• Bohemia River Bridge
• Conowingo Bridge
• Foxcatcher Farms Covered Bridge
• Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge
• Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge (Susquehanna River)
• Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge (Susquehanna River)

CHARLES COUNTY

• Dyson Bridge
• Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge (Potomac River)
• Patuxent River Bridge

• 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
• Senator Frederick C. Malkus, Jr., Memorial Bridge (Choptank River)
• Smithville Bridge
• Suicide Bridge
• Transquaking Bridge

• Barbara Fritchie Bridge (Carroll Creek)
• Biggs Ford Bridge
• Devilbiss Bridge
• Four Points Bridge (Toms Creek)
• Historic Covered Bridge
• Lily Pons Bridge
• Millers Bridge
• Mumma Ford Bridge
• Point of Rocks Bridge (Potomac River)
• Roddy Covered Bridge
• Sixes Bridge
• Starners Bridge
• Utica Mills Covered Bridge (Fishing Creek)

• Casselman River Bridge
• Ralph M. Burnett Memorial Bridge (Casselman River)

• Clark Bridge
• Conowingo Dam Bridge
• Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge (Susquehanna River)
• Noble's Mill Bridge (Deer Creek)
• Priestford Bridge
• Stafford Bridge
• Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge (Susquehanna River)

• Bollman Truss Suspension Bridge (Little Patuxent River)
• Brighton Bridge
• C. Philip Nichols Bridge (Patuxent River)
• Savage Dam Bridge
• Union Dam Bridge

• American Legion Memorial Bridge
• Brighton Dam Bridge
• Browns Bridge
• Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge
• East Deer Park Drive Bridge (Humpback Bridge)
• Little Falls Dam Bridge
• Snells Bridge
• Thomas Bridge
• Whites Ferry Bridge

• Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge (Potomac River)

• German Branch Bridge
• Island Creek Bridge
• Kent Narrows Bridge
• Mason Bridge
• William Preston Lane, Jr., Memorial Bridge (Chesapeake Bay)

St. George Island Bridge

Governor Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge (Patuxent River)

McCready Hospital Memorial Bridge (Little Annemessex River)

• Dover Bridge (Choptank River)
• Senator Frederick C. Malkus, Jr., Memorial Bridge (Choptank River)
• Tuckahoe Bridge

• Burnside Bridge (Antietam Creek)
• Hicks Bridge
• Victor Cushwa Memorial Bridge (pedestrian)
• Wilson Bridge (Conococheague Creek)

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

• Assawoman Bridge
• Harry Kelly Memorial Bridge (Sinepuxent Bay)
• Snow Hill Bridge (Pocomoke River)
• Verrazano Bridge (Sinepuxent Bay)

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