Chesapeake Bay Bridge

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bridge suspension bridge toll bridge

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is a major dual-span suspension bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50/301 across the Chesapeake Bay, linking Maryland’s eastern and western shores.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Chesapeake Bay Bridge canonical	9
Chesapeake Bay Bridge (western terminus)	1
Chesapeake Bay Bridge officially named William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge	1
Chesapeake Bay Bridge toll facility	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bridge ⓘ suspension bridge ⓘ toll bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bay Bridge ⓘ
carries	U.S. Route 301 ⓘ U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
connects	Eastern Shore of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland Eastern Shore Western Shore of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland Western Shore
connectsCity	Annapolis ⓘ surface form: Annapolis, Maryland
connectsTown	Stevensville, Maryland ⓘ
constructionCompleted	1952 (original span) ⓘ 1973 (second span) ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
design	suspension ⓘ
function	vehicular traffic ⓘ
hasToll	yes ⓘ
laneConfiguration	one-way lanes on companion span ⓘ two-way reversible lanes on one span ⓘ
locale	near Annapolis, Maryland ⓘ
location	Anne Arundel County ⓘ surface form: Anne Arundel County, Maryland Queen Anne's County, Maryland ⓘ
maintainedBy	Maryland Transportation Authority ⓘ
namedAfter	William Preston Lane Jr. ⓘ
notableFor	key transportation link between Maryland’s shores ⓘ length over open water ⓘ
numberOfSpans	2 ⓘ
officialName	William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge ⓘ
opened	1952 ⓘ
openedToTraffic	July 30, 1952 ⓘ
owner	Maryland ⓘ surface form: State of Maryland
partOf	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ surface form: U.S. Highway System
partOfCorridor	primary route between Baltimore–Washington area and Maryland beaches ⓘ
region	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
regionServed	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
restrictedUse	no bicycles ⓘ no pedestrians ⓘ
safetyFeature	escort service for nervous drivers ⓘ wind restrictions during high winds ⓘ
secondSpanOpened	1973 ⓘ
secondSpanOpenedToTraffic	June 28, 1973 ⓘ
spanType	dual-span ⓘ
state	Maryland ⓘ
tollDirection	eastbound ⓘ
totalLength	approximately 4.3 miles ⓘ approximately 6.9 kilometers ⓘ
trafficType	motor vehicles ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chesapeake Bay → crossedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

American Bridge Company → hasNotableProject → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

Maryland Transportation Authority → operates → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

Western Shore of Maryland → contains → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge (western terminus)

Delmarva Peninsula → crossedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

Kent Island → hasMouthOfTransportRoute → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

Kent Island → crossedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

Queen Anne's County, Maryland → hasMajorBridge → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

William Preston Lane Jr. → hasHonor → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge officially named William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge

Severn River → near → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

Maryland transportation infrastructure → includesBridge → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

Maryland transportation infrastructure → includesTollFacility → Chesapeake Bay Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge toll facility