William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge

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The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span toll 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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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge
cantilever bridge
dual-span bridge
steel bridge
toll bridge
carries U.S. Route 301 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED
category Bridges in Maryland
Crossings of the Chesapeake Bay
Road bridges in the United States
Toll bridges in the United States
commonName Chesapeake Bay Bridge NERFINISHED
connects Maryland Eastern Shore NERFINISHED
Maryland Western Shore
connectsCity Annapolis metropolitan area NERFINISHED
Kent Island NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED
function vehicular traffic crossing of Chesapeake Bay
locatedIn Anne Arundel County, Maryland NERFINISHED
Queen Anne's County, Maryland NERFINISHED
maintainedBy Maryland Transportation Authority NERFINISHED
namedAfter William Preston Lane Jr. NERFINISHED
numberOfSpans 2
officialName William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED
opened 1952
openedToTraffic 1952
owner State of Maryland NERFINISHED
partOf U.S. Route 301 corridor NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 50 corridor NERFINISHED
regionServed Mid-Atlantic states
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
roadTypeCarried limited-access highway
secondSpanOpened 1973
state Maryland
toll yes
waterway Chesapeake Bay mainstem NERFINISHED

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Maryland Transportation Authority operates William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge
Chesapeake Bay Bridge officialName William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge