(AP) A Potomac River toll bridge linking Allegany County to Green Spring, West Virginia, is back in business. The Cumberland Times-News reported that the reopening Tuesday of the Oldtown Bridge came about 10 weeks after it was damaged by flooding. ...

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(AP) The owner of a private toll bridge over the Potomac River says she’s rebuilding the structure between Western Maryland and West Virginia after it was damaged by a June flood. Lori Roberts told the Cumberland Times-News Thursday that work ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Republican Sen. Richard Colburn of Dorchester voted against Maryland’s recently passed gas tax increase, but now hopes some of the new money will go to replacing the Dover Bridge in his district. The new taxes, initially expected to ...

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OCEAN CITY — The familiar concrete plant that for decades greeted visitors coming into Ocean City is no more. As of this week, demolition crews tore down the two silos that towered over the George B. Cropper concrete manufacturing facility, ...

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OLDTOWN — The Maryland Public Service Commission is giving people a chance to speak up about a proposal to raise the cost of crossing the Potomac River at Oldtown. The agency is holding a public hearing Monday night in Oldtown ...

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McLEAN, Va. — Virginia’s Department of Transportation is launching a study of traffic over the Potomac River bridges. VDOT says the study spanning several months will also engage Maryland and the District of Columbia, the jurisdictions on the other side ...

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GREENBELT — Maryland State Highway Administration officials say crews are working to repair cracks found in overpasses on the Intercounty Connector. Inspectors for the administration have discovered cracks on 10 bridges along the new $2.5 billion toll highway. David Buck, ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — Investigators were checking videos, track conditions and maintenance records Wednesday to find the cause of a deadly train derailment in Maryland and figure out if two young women sitting on a railroad bridge over the town’s main ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — A train hauling coal derailed on a bridge in this city’s historic district, killing two college students who had been drinking together and hanging out on the tracks. Nearly two dozen railroad cars flipped over, including some ...

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GRANTSVILLE — A nearly 200-year-old bridge spanning the Casselman River in western Maryland has been closed indefinitely for repairs. The Cumberland Times News reports that parts of a stone wall have crumbled and fallen from the Casselman River Bridge near ...

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