Maryland State Archives

CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE COMMISSION
(Report)
1931/01/05
Accession Number: MdHR 805972, Location: 2/3/6/28, EC267

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Report)
Maryland's Primary Bridge Program, vol. 1
1938/10/15
Accession Number: MdHR 800894, Location: 2/9/6/55, E21822

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Chesapeake Bay Crossing Report)
1948/06/04
Accession Number: MdHR 891020, Location: 2/9/6/56, E23783

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Chesapeake Bay Crossing Report)
1948/06/16
Accession Number: MdHR 852600, Location: 2/9/6/56, E23782

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Chesapeake Bay Crossing Report)
1948/06
Accession Number: MdHR 800897, Location: 2/9/6/56, E21952

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Chesapeake Bay Bridge Engineering Report)
by J. E. Greiner Company
1948/07/01
Accession Number: MdHR 800898, Location: 2/9/6/56, E21824

STATE PLANNING COMMISSION
(Economic Effects Report)
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Eastern Shore
1950/04
Accession Number: MdHR 788040, Location: 2/8/10/8, E14607

Hopkins, Walter C. and William A. Jordan. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge. State Roads Commisssion of Maryland: 1951-1952.
Library location: 8-4-2.

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Chesapeake Bay Bridge Report)
Reprinted from Report of SRC 1951-1952, pp. 9-23
Accession Number: MdHR 800902, Location: 2/9/6/54, E21827

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
(Brochure)
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
1952
Accession Number: MdHR 791252, Location: 2/6/7/3, E22361

COMMITTEE FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE
(Dedication Program)
1952/07/13
Accession Number: MdHR 806109, Location: 2/3/6/36, EC342

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Chesapeake Bay Toll Bridge Report)
Sandy Point - Kent Island, Maryland
1952/07/30
Accession Number: MdHR 800879, Location: 2/9/6/56, E21826

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Chesapeake Bay Crossings)
Location Studies
by J. E. Greiner Co.
1964/01
Accession Number: MdHR 800900, Location: 2/9/6/56, E21828

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Report)
Projected Traffic and Revenue of Susquehanna River, Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay Bridges
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and Proposed Toll Revenue Projects
1965/01/11
Accession Number: MdHR 800891, Location: 2/9/6/52, E21815

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Report)
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Toll Facilities
1965/01/26
Accession Number: MdHR 801899, Location: 2/9/6/53, E22134

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Wm. Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge)
Special Provisions and Proposal Form for Substructure 1969/03
Accession Number: MdHR 801902, Location: 2/9/6/56, E22117

STATE ROADS COMMISSION
(Brochure)
Scenic North-South Bay Bridge Route
n.d.
Accession Number: MdHR 800725, Location: 2/9/6/, E21971

COMMITTEE FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE
(Dedication Program)
1952/07/13
Accession Number: MdHR 806109, Location: 2/3/6/36, EC342

Request for 2 pages of the brochure to be scanned by Pamela Crockett in the Office of Special Projects.
See work order MSA SC 5458-3-333

Brochure circa 1952, "Scenic North-South Chesapeake Bay Bridge Route!"

Invitation to dedication of Chesapeake Bay Bridge (See MSA SC 5339-80-1 for program from dedication)

Obituary of Nicholas Charles Burke Mudd, Sr., designer who worked on both spans (The Sun, 25 June 1998.)

"Chesapeake Bay Bridge Is Dedicated." Maryland Motorist, July-August 1952. (Article includes photos of construction.)

"Parallel Bay Span at Annapolis Opens." Maryland Motorist, July-August 1973.

"Legal History Of The Bay Bridge." The Baltimore Sun, 24 July 1952. (Article includes citations to Laws of Maryland and the Maryland Code.)

"Bay Span Opening Recalls Private Toll Bridges." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952.

"Bridge Open, What Next? Ferryman Asks; 307 Others Seek Answer, Too." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952.

"Facts About The Bay Bridge." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952.

"3,300 Travel Span In 15 Hours." The Evening Sun, 31 July 1952.

"Chicago Learns About Bay Bridge." The Baltimroe Sun, 8 August 1952.

"Bridge Day April 11." The Baltimore Sun, 28 March 1976.

"Chesapeake Bay Bridge Officially Opened: Span Dedicated By McKeldin and Lane." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952, front page.

"McKeldin, Lane Officially Open Bridge Over Bay." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952, page 2 (Continued from front page.)

"The Old---And the New." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952, Page 25. (Photographs of construction of the bridge.)

"Bridge Open, What Next? Ferryman Asks; 307 Others Seek Answer, Too." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952.

"Facts About The Bay Bridge." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952.

"Bay Span Opening Recalls Private Toll Bridges." The Evening Sun, 30 July 1952.

Source: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Topic File) Chesapeake Bay Bridge [MSA SC 1456-275, 0/10/7/15]

"Four Hour Bridge Dedication Set: McKeldin, Lane To Cut Ribbons; Bands, Parades Will Feature Ceremonies." The Evening Capital, 29 July 1952, front page.

Front page also features:

• "Toll Revenues Big Business On Bay Bridge."
  
• "The Inquiring Reporter: More Sightseeing, More Business As Bay Bridge Opens."

"Bay Bridge Dedication." The Evening Capital, 29 July 1952, Page 2. (continued from front page.)

Also on page 2:

• "Toll Revenue Big Business." (continued from front page.)
  
• Photograph of "First Official Bay Bridge Ceremony"
  
• "The Inquiring Reporter." (continued from front page.)

"Long Years of Dreaming Come To End: Maryland Shores Finally Linked After Long Wait." The Evening Capital, 29 July 1952, Page 7.

Also on Page 7:

• "Ferrymen Shift To Bridge After Years on Water."

"Death, Strikes, Storms, Can't Stop Bridge: Project Frequently Delayed By Severe Spring Squalls." The Evening Capital, 29 July 1952, Page 8.

Also on Page 8:

• "'Big Dipper' Digs Out 48 Thousand Pounds At Once."
  
• "Span Will Sway, You Won't Care."
  
• "Riveters Swing and Sway; Have Best Job Of All."
  
• "Bay Workmen Have Fetish For Bridge Construction Work."
  
• "Engineers Check On Each Other, Correct Errors."

"Much of The Credit Is Due Mr. Lane: Ex-Governor Fought Hard To Link The Two Shores." i>The Evening Capital, 29 July 1952, Page 9.

Also on page 9:

• "Fraction of Inch Could Ruin Span."
  
• "North Curvature Presents Problem."
  
• "Chesapeake Bay Job Is 'Operation Link' Say Span Engineers."
  
• "Work On Span."
  
• Bridge Curve Not There for Beauty."
  
• "Bay Bridge Will Handle 3,000 Autos Each Day.

"Drive To Build Bridge Dates Back To 1907:Trolley Linking Plans Called 'Only A Dreamer's Scheme'." The Evening Capital, 29 July 1952, Page 10.

Also on Page 10:

• "Bridge Can Take Up To 125-Mile Winds."
  
• "Bay Bridge Tolls May Be Reduced Next Year."
  
• "Fear Of Heights Just Imagination Says Bridgeman."
  
• "Took 6.5 Million Man Hours To Build Span."
  
• "Huge Lights To Warn Plans and Ships Of Approach To Span."
  
• "Bridge Piles Stretched End-To-End Would Equal 62 Miles."
  
• "Officials Plan Big Plaza For Bay Span Crossers."
  
• "Bridge To Swing And Sway From One-Three Feet."
  
• "New Bridge Spirals 491 Feet Skyward."
  
• "Russians Won't See Bay Bridge 'Steel Story'."

Page 11 - Add for Bethlehem Steel, with photographs of trusses.

Source: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Topic File) Chesapeake Bay Bridge [MSA SC 1456-275, 0/10/7/15]

"Toll Traffic Flow Starts Over Bay Bridge: Chesapeake Span Opened in Ceremony." The Baltimore Sun, 31 July 1952, front page.

"Bridge's Toll Gates Opened." The Baltimore Sun, 31 July 1952, page 19 (contiuation from front page)

Page 19 also contains the following articles:

• "'Mr. First' Adds Bay Bridge Crossing to List of Honors."
  
• "Bridge Opening Draws 10,000."
  
• Schedule of Tolls for Bay Bridge

Photos of dedication The Baltimore Sun, 31 July 1952, page 18.

Source: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Topic File) Chesapeake Bay Bridge [MSA SC 1456-275, 0/10/7/15]

Marsh, Sara.  "The Bay Bridge Celebrates 50 Years."  The Capital, 28 July 2002.

Biemer, John.  "Chesapeake Bay Bridge Marks 50 Years."  The Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2002.

Darragh Johnson and Nelson Hernandez.  "Spanning Half a Century:  Gleaming Bay Bridge Brought the World to Eastern Shore." The Washington Post, 30 July 2002.

Marsh, Sara.  "Bay Bridge's 50 Years Celebrated."  The Capital, 31 July 2002.

"Emotional Attachment."  The Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2002.