Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Spanning the Chesapeake Bay, it connects the state's rural Eastern Shore region with its urban and suburban Western Shore, running between Stevensville and Sandy Point State Park near the capital city of Annapolis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland, spanning the Chesapeake Bay
- Also known as: “Bay Bridge”, “Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge”, “Governor William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge”, and “William Preston Lane Junior Memorial Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse and Whitehall.
Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Sandy Point Shoal Light is a brick three story lighthouse on a caisson foundation that was erected in 1883. It lies about 0.6 mi off Sandy Point, north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, from whose westbound span it is readily visible. Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles north of Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Whitehall
Building
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Whitehall is a colonial home that was built beginning in 1764 near Annapolis in Anne Arundel County in the Province of Maryland by Horatio Sharpe, then the provincial governor of the British colony of Maryland. Whitehall is situated 2 miles west of Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skidmore and Matapeake.
Skidmore
Neighborhood
Skidmore is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The community is the western terminus of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as well as the location of Sandy Point State Park. Sandy Point Shoal Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Skidmore is situated 2 miles northwest of Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Matapeake
Hamlet
Matapeake is an unincorporated community located south of Stevensville on Kent Island, Maryland, United States. It is named for the historic Matapeake tribe, who lived there at the time of English colonization in 1631. Matapeake is situated 3½ miles southeast of Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Cape St. Claire
Village
Cape St. Claire, a suburb of Annapolis, is a covenanted, unincorporated community as well as a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Cape St. Claire is situated 4 miles northwest of Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge, toll bridge, twin bridges, and transportation
- Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Chesapeake Bay Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر خليج تشيسابيك”
- Bengali: “চেসেপিক উপসাগর সেতু”
- Chinese: “切萨皮克湾大桥”
- Chinese: “切薩皮克灣大橋”
- Dutch: “Chesapeake Bay Bridge”
- Dutch: “Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge”
- Dutch: “Governor William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge”
- Finnish: “Chesapeakenlahden silta”
- French: “Chesapeake Bay Bridge”
- French: “pont de la baie de Chesapeake”
- French: “Pont de la baie de Chesapeake”
- French: “William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge”
- German: “Bay Bridge”
- German: “Chesapeake Bay Bridge”
- German: “Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge”
- German: “Governor William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge”
- Japanese: “チェサピーク・ベイ・ブリッジ”
- Korean: “체서피크 베이 브리지”
- Persian: “پل خلیج چساپیک”
- Polish: “William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge”
- Russian: “Мост через Чесапикский залив”
- Spanish: “Puente de la Bahía de Chesapeake”
- Swedish: “Chesapeake Bay Bridge”
- Swedish: “Chesapeake Bay-bron”
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