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.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bridge
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cantilever bridge ⓘ dual-span bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ toll bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
U.S. Route 301
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges in Maryland
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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
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Maryland Western Shore ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Annapolis metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
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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
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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
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U.S. Route 50 corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Mid-Atlantic states
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surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
|
| roadTypeCarried | limited-access highway ⓘ |
| secondSpanOpened | 1973 ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| toll | yes ⓘ |
| waterway | Chesapeake Bay mainstem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.