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Encyclopedia > Chesapeake City Bridge
Chesapeake City Bridge
Carries 2 lanes of MD 213
Crosses Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Locale Chesapeake City, Maryland


The Chesapeake City Bridge carries Maryland State Highway 213 across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in Chesapeake City, Maryland. There are two undivided traffic lanes and one sidewalk on the east side of the bridge. It was built in 1942-43 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide a high-level canal crossing after a ship collided with a vertical lift drawbridge. The bridge is identical in appearance to the old St. Georges Bridge in Delaware (they were constructed roughly at the same time) except for the number of lanes. C&D Canal from Chesapeake City, Maryland. ... Chesapeake City is a town located in Cecil County, Maryland. ... Image File history File links Wikimapia. ... Hotspots outline the Egyptian pyramids on WikiMapia. ... Maryland State Highway 213 is a long north-south highway on Marylands Eastern Shore. ... C&D Canal from Chesapeake City, Maryland. ... Chesapeake City is a town located in Cecil County, Maryland. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ... A lift bridge over the Erie Canal at Lockport. ...

Bridges of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Upstream
Summit Bridge
Chesapeake City Bridge
Downstream
Chesapeake Bay


 
 

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