Every year, 38 million vehicles drive over its spans: They are tractor trailer drivers ensuring food gets to the grocery store, minivans packed with brightly colored towels and antsy kids who want to know if they are there yet.
They trust that the aging spans of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge are well cared for and will get them safely to where they are going.
Within the next few years, to ensure that promise is kept, transportation officials in Maryland will begin determining how much longer the Chesapeake Bay Bridge can wait until a third span is built.
“We’re putting the Bay Bridge ahead of the queue for a life cycle cost analysis,” said Harold Bartlett, executive secretary of the Maryland Transportation Authority.
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The Martin O'Malley Rainbow Memorial Bridge.
Let's keep those fools on there side.If not for Oc they would not even care about us.
Who is going to pay for this bridge when all of the taxpaying people have up and left?
Prepare for Ludicrous taxation!
another study. yawn....
Who builds a 3-lane bridge anyway??? Only in MD can something this stupid which cost so much be done.
Get ready to open your wallets,more fees, more taxes coming you way via o'taxie & company. We're going to bleed!
bridge tolls about to go up again. Higher tax
Where do you apply for the job of doing these types of studies? I mean, it sure must be nice to get paid tons of money to do a study that has no clear out come or definite recommendations, only that something will have to be done in the future and that it is a compelling subject. I guess you have to have friends in the right places. Your tax dollars hard at work!
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