chesapeake bay bridge
Law suit filed in deaths during two-way running on Maryland Bay Bridge
Posted on Tue, 2009-04-28 03:45
Maryland (Toll) Transportation Authority (MdTA) is named as a defendant in a $19m law suit filed over the deaths of three men in a collision during two-way operations on the three lane 1973 span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at about 4pm May 10 2007.
Repairs to Chesapeake Bay Bridge south span shifts to other parapet
Posted on Tue, 2008-09-02 21:28
Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) reopened the right lane of the southern span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge late Sunday, and contrary to warnings of horrendous queueing and disruptions, holiday traffic was described as flowing better than normal.
The famous Olympic Games traffic scare effect was in evidence - if you say how horrendous it's going to be, it won't be too bad.
Maryland Bay Bridge editorial draws comment - some back & forth
Posted on Sun, 2008-08-31 19:05
The Maryland Bay Bridge editorial (link here) has generated some responses:
National Capital to the Ocean needs an elegant & efficient bridge - P3 potential (EDITORIAL)
Posted on Fri, 2008-08-29 21:10
EDITORIAL: America's national capital region with a population of over 7.5 million people needs an elegant and efficient bridge on the way to the Atlantic coast. The existing pair of troubled, obsolete and ugly spans called the Chesapeake Bay Bridge need to be phased out, and a modern bridge put in their place.
Fall-asleep produced traumatic Chesapeake Bay Bridge crash in 2-way operations
Posted on Wed, 2008-08-13 23:06
Officials say a car driver falling asleep at the wheel and veering into the path of a truck traveling the other direction during two-way operations was the cause of the crash that sent the truck crashing down into Chesapeake Bay last Sunday morning. The car driver, a 19 year old woman, told police at the hospital and a Washington Post reporter by telephone that she fell asleep at the wheel. It was 4am.
Another bad crash on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge in two-way traffic
Posted on Tue, 2008-08-12 00:20
Maryland's notorious Chesapeake Bay Bridge suffered another fatal collision in two-way traffic on
Sunday morning. A tractor trailer struck a car in the opposing direction of traffic at around 4am, lost control, neatly punched out a section of concrete parapet and plunged 10m (35ft) into the waters of the Bay.
The driver was killed.
Maryland’s Variable Pricing program
Posted on Fri, 2000-09-08 01:13Marylands Variable Pricing program
Originally published in issue 51 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Sep 2000.
Page:5
Subjects:variable pricing value pricing
Facilities:I-270 MD-210 Chesapeake Bay bridge
Agencies:MDOT
Locations:Maryland MD
MARYLAND:E-ZPass Spreads South
Posted on Wed, 1999-03-17 15:36MARYLAND:E-ZPass Spreads South
Originally published in issue 37 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 1999.
Page:10
Subjects:ETC e-toll conversion
Facilities:Harbor tunnel fort mchenry scott key chesapeake bay bridge hatem I-95 JFKennedy
Agencies:Maryland Transportation Authority MDTA Lockheed Martin
Locations:MD Baltimore
MARYLAND:Six Road Price Projects for Study
Posted on Wed, 1999-01-20 16:27MARYLAND:Six Road Price Projects for Study
Originally published in issue 35 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jan 1999.
Page:14
Subjects:pricing studies in MD
Facilities:I-270 I-495 US-50 Chesapeake Bay Bridge MD-210 Harbor Tunnel Fort McHenry Tunnel
Sources:Kirby
