Transportation Eastern Shore of Maryland

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1 transportation

1.1 waterways
1.2 roads
1.3 airports





transportation
waterways

various waterways provide medium commerce , boaters: atlantic ocean; chesapeake bay; susquehanna river; , chesapeake , delaware canal.


roads

the chesapeake bay bridge, connects eastern shore baltimore-washington area , rest of maryland


there 3 major routes onto shore:



the chesapeake bay bridge spans 4.35 miles (7.00 km) of chesapeake bay, , @ time of construction in 1952, longest continuous over-water steel structure. second parallel span added in 1973 , third has been discussed, in 2006. third span not open, according state officials, until 2025. bridges made kent island, site of first english settlement on shore, bedroom community washington, annapolis, , baltimore. kent island part of queen anne s county.
u.s. route 13
maryland route 213

the 2 major highways on eastern shore u.s. route 13 , u.s. route 50, meet in salisbury.


airports

the salisbury-ocean city wicomico regional airport, in salisbury, commercial airport on delmarva peninsula.


airports private planes include:



bay bridge airport in stevensville
cambridge-dorchester airport in cambridge
crisfield municipal airport in crisfield.
easton airport, in easton
ocean city municipal airport in ocean city




^ baltimore sun - chesapeake bay bridge summary. baltimoresun.com. retrieved july 1, 2008.
^ wicomico county tourism transportation
^ queen anne s county bay bridge airport
^ dorchester county, maryland airport division
^ somerset county, maryland airport
^ talbot county government airport information
^ town of ocean city official ocean city municipal airport






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