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4 Table of Contents Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………….2 Research Design …………………………………………………………………………….6 Epigraph ……………………………………………………………………………………11 Maryland’s Highways 1938-1941 ……………………………………………………………14 Federal Activities ……………………………………………………………………16 State Struggles ……………………………………………………………………17 Primary Bridge Program ……………………………………………………………18 Interregional Highways ……………………………………………………………19 World War II ……………………………………………………………………………20 Planning for Maryland’s Post-War Highways 1942-1946 ……………………20 William Preston Lane, Jr. and the Five Year Plan, 1947-1952 ……………………………23 Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Baltimore-Washington Expressway ……………23 The Chesapeake Bay Bridge ……………………………………………………26 Theodore R. McKeldin’s Twelve-Year Program, 1952-1959 ……………………………28 Baltimore County Beltway ………………………………………………………………………………………………29 Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway ……………………………………………31 Bypasses ……………………………………………………………………………32 Federal Highway Act of 1956 ……………………………………………………35 J. Millard Tawes and the “Go Roads” Program, 1959-1965 ……………………………38 Capital Beltway ……………………………………………………………………39 Northeast Expressway/I-95/Kennedy Memorial Highway ……………………41 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………47 Appendix A: Results of Field Investigations ……………………………………………………53 Appendix B: Bridge Types and National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Justification for 1948-1965 Bridges ……………………………………………………………………………54 Appendix C: Highway and Bridge Terms and Definitions ……………………………62 Appendix D: SHA Bridges Included in 1948-1965 Historic Highway Bridge Study …..89 Appendix E: Resume …………………………………………………………………………..103
5 Table of Figures Figure 1: US 40 over the Patapsco River, Baltimore County ……………………………………15 Figure 2: US 40 over Middle Creek, Frederick County ……………………………………15 Figure 3: Greenbelt Commuters, 1939 ……………………………………………………18 Figure 4: Improved US 40 after 1949 (left) and unimproved highway before 1949 (right) ……23 Figure 5: MD 295 and MD 201 and US 50 Interchange, Prince George’s County. ……………24 Figure 6: MD 168 over MD 295 Northbound, SHA Bridge No. 0201200 ……………………25 Figure 7: US 50 Westbound of US 301 Northbound, Queen Anne’s County, MD ……………27 Figure 8: Waterview Avenue over MD 295 Interchange ……………………………………………28 Figure 9: Old Westover-Crisfield Road, Somerset County, 1950 ……………………………29 Figure 10: I-695 at Dulaney Valley Road looking west circa 1964. ……………………………31 Figure 11: Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Entrance, 1958 ……………………………………………31 Figure 12: Atomic Energy Commission Complex, Germantown, MD ……………………33 Figure 13: US 50 looking west towards Baptist Street, Salisbury ……………………………34 Figure 14: Jones Falls Expressway looking south near North Avenue ……………………36 Figure 15: I-83 looking north towards Shawan Road ……………………………………………39 Figure 16: Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, I-495 over the Potomac River, ……………41 Figure 17: Governor Elbert N. Carvel of Delaware, President John Kennedy and Governor Millard Tawes of Maryland – I-95 Ribbon Cutting ……………………………………………43
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Page 3: 3 SHA identified 286 highway bridge
Page 7 and 8: 7 Until 1941, Maryland did not have
Page 9 and 10: 9 plate metal girder bridges. The n
Page 11 and 12: 11 Epigraph “Tomorrow’s Roads T
Page 13 and 14: 13 after 1965. Those developments h
Page 15 and 16: 15 Figure 1: US 40 over the Patapsc
Page 17 and 18: 17 State Struggles The SRC also pro
Page 19 and 20: 19 As the SRC finalized the bridges
Page 21 and 22: 21 This central shore location was
Page 23 and 24: 23 William Preston Lane, Jr. and th
Page 25 and 26: 25 The BPR and National Park Servic
Page 27 and 28: 27 project. The highway bonds sold
Page 29 and 30: 29 highways that connected county s
Page 31 and 32: 31 Figure 10: I-695 at Dulaney Vall
Page 33 and 34: 33 Figure 12: Atomic Energy Commiss
Page 35 and 36: 35 Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
Page 37 and 38: 37 Maryland continued to apply for
Page 39 and 40: 39 SRC expanded the road to a four-
Page 41 and 42: 41 completion of the two interchang
Page 43 and 44: 43 Figure 17: Governor Elbert N. Ca
Page 45 and 46: 45 Each of these bridges provides u
Page 47 and 48: 47 Bibliography American Associatio
Page 49 and 50: 49 Maryland-National Capital Park a
Page 51 and 52: 51 ____________, Report of the Stat
Page 53 and 54: 53 Appendix A: Results of Field Inv
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55 Steel Deck Truss - similar to St
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57 Concrete Encased Steel Beam, SHA
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59 or Bethlehem Steel types would b
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61 Eligible Bridges The following b
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63 to carry boats. Sometimes carrie
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65 Bridge Condition Ratings - Throu
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67 to the arch below. The first arc
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69 Deck Bridge - A bridge in which
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71 Embankment - Angled grading of t
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73 Girder - A horizontal structure
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75 Headwall - The device placed at
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77 Lag - Crosspieces used to connec
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79 Parapet - A low wall along the o
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81 of multiple members of a truss.
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83 Spandrel - The roughly triangula
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85 Swing Bridge - A movable deck br
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87 Unit Stress - The stress per uni
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Appendix D: SHA Bridges Included in
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91 Eligibility Description Bridge N
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101 Eligibility Description Bridge
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Appendix E: Resume Anne E. Bruder i
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