The Chesapeake Bay Bridge

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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge
HISTORY
BRIEF COMPARISON
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
SYMBOLIC MEANING
are the bridges good for the
shores of Maryland?
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COSTS
48 million
1952
148 million
1973
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• the bridge destroyed our lifestyle and values.
  It turned the whole Shore into a tourist center.
• -R. Walmsley, Kent
  County

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• The bridge made us. Theres no question about
  it. The last two years weve averaged 5 million
  a month in new construction. Thats 120
  million. We could never have achieved that
  before. Theres no way to ferry that many people
  here and theres no more rail service.
• -Mayor Harry Kelly (1982)

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