Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge

Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge
Southbound I-95 just before crossing over the Susquehanna River
Coordinates	39°34′52″N 76°06′14″W
Carries	6 lanes of I-95
Crosses	Susquehanna River
Locale	Havre de Grace, Maryland and Perryville, Maryland
Maintained by	Maryland Transportation Authority
ID number	300000H-X907010
Characteristics
Design	Steel Truss – Deck
Total length	1,542.6 metres (5,061 ft)
Width	25 metres (82 ft)
Clearance below	27.4 metres (90 ft)
History
Opened	1963 (1963)
Statistics
Daily traffic	74275 (in 2001)
Toll	$8.00 (northbound) (E-ZPass $7.20)
Location

The Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge carries Interstate 95 (I-95) over the Susquehanna River between Cecil County and Harford County, Maryland. The toll bridge carries 29 million vehicles annually. It is upstream from the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge, which carries the parallel U.S. Route 40 (US 40).

The bridge is named for Millard Tydings (1890–1961), a longtime political figure in Maryland and a U.S. Senator from 1927–1951. It was built between January 1962 and November 1963 between bluffs high above the river valley, and is posted with warning signs "Subject to Crosswinds." It was dedicated, along with the highway it carries, by John F. Kennedy on November 14, eight days before the U.S. president was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The next year, the highway was renamed the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway.

It is one of eight toll facilities operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority. The toll, levied on northbound traffic only, is $8.00 for two-axle vehicles as of July 1, 2013; larger vehicles pay another $8 per additional axle.

The bridge was closed during Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012, perhaps the first time it was ever shut down.

External links

• Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge on Google Street View