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608: 39: 568: 363:(MD 2) also traverses the bridge, but no MD 2 signs exist along the section of highway the route traverses. MD 2 separates from US 50/301 east of the bridge and becomes Governor Ritchie Highway, and to the west of the bridge it leaves the highway along Solomons Island Road. The bridge serves as the main connection between Annapolis and points east, including the 200: 661: 553: 195: 405:. The bridge was expanded to seven lanes, four eastbound and three westbound, from the fall 2017 to the spring of 2018. The expansion narrowed each of the lanes from 12 to 11 feet, and the shoulders from three feet to one foot. The renovation was completed after eight months of work and the improved layout was implemented in time for 190: 548: 543: 400:
in 1994.) When the John Hanson Highway was built, the current Severn River Bridge was built to carry it across the river. Originally, the bridge carried only four lanes, but was later expanded to six when the surrounding parts of the highway were upgraded, leaving the bridge with no shoulders and a
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built in the late 1920s. Including railroad bridges, at least eighteen have been constructed over the Severn and its creeks. The bridge served as part of MD 2 and later US 50 after the later route was extended across the
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high accident rate. The Severn River Bridge was officially renamed the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in December 2006 in honor of the 65th anniversary of the
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http://www.annapolis.gov/docs/default-source/planning-and-zoning-documents/2011-sha-us50-severn-river-bridge-study.pdf
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of 2018, helping to reduce congestion during peak eastbound travel times.
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The first road bridge across the Severn River was a
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39°00′23″N 76°30′13″W / 39.006389°N 76.503542°W / 39.006389; -76.503542
US 50
US 301
MD 2
Severn River
Annapolis, Maryland
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Severn River
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Annapolis, Maryland
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 301
Maryland Route 2

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