Two Maryland counties on either side of the Chesapeake Bay are calling for a new, bigger bridge between them.

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Maryland motorists are being told to expect major delays on the Bay Bridge beginning next week as a deck rehabilitation project gets underway.

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ANNAPOLIS — A two-year project to rehabilitate the westbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge that’s expect to cause major delays will be getting underway later this month. The Capital Gazette reports some work on the $27 million project was scheduled to ...

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ANNAPOLIS— Maryland officials are clarifying that a study on building and paying for a third span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is on schedule. The Daily Times reports the Maryland Transportation Authority is conducting a $5 million study on paying for ...

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Tim Hyman's photography documented highway projects under construction and the faces of the Maryland residents who built them.

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A proposal to reduce tolls could bring relief to motorists who use some of the state's toll roads and bridges if approved by a state board Thursday morning. The Maryland Transportation Authority Board is scheduled to vote on a proposal during a public meeting scheduled for 8 a.m. Thursday in a facility near the Bay Bridge. The details of the plan remain private until they are presented to the board for consideration. "I think we're going to address that tomorrow but I've talked for a long time about the need for reduced taxes, tolls and fees in Maryland," Hogan said when asked Wednesday for specifics of the plan.

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Maryland transportation officials say drivers should expect more traffic than normal this weekend on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

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ANNAPOLIS — The truck driver who hit a car sending it off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge last summer has pleaded guilty to four charges. The Capital reports that 30-year-old Gabor Lovasz of Canada pleaded guilty last month to negligent driving, ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Police in Anne Arundel County are teaming with the Maryland Transportation Authority police to conduct commercial vehicle safety inspections to help keep unsafe vehicles off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. On Tuesday, both agencies began the joint initiative. Transportation ...

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The driver of a tractor-trailer that crashed into two cars on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, sending one into the water, was on his first trip in the U.S. without a more experienced operator, a preliminary report said Monday. The National ...

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