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Old 03-26-2024, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Dusty_Star View Post
There are currently two highway tunnels. I was wondering about the bridge, I remember crossing a bridge that seemed incredibly long in the 1970s, but probably earlier than 1977. I do not remember all of the steel work from this one. Does anyone else remember the earlier bridge? Was it long? & with a more 'open' design than this one?
You might be thinking of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge near Annapolis. That bridge was opened in 1952 and is about four miles long. I believe there is more steel work than the Key bridge but since the Bay bridge is so much longer it would feel like there was less.

The second span of the Bay bridge, the westbound span, opened in 1973. This span has less steel work than the original, eastbound span.
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