Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Md.)

found: Work cat.: 2008412193: Maryland Transportation Authority. Transportation needs report : William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge, 2004:ES-1 (Bay Bridge)

found: GNIS, Dec. 16, 2008(Chesapeake Bay Bridge; Wiliam Preston Lane Junior Memorial Bridge - "Named for William Preston Lane, Jr., who was a descendent of early settlers of Maryland. He served as Attorney General in the 1930s, and was elected Governor in 1946. This structure, more commonly known as the Bay Bridge, or the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is the largest continuous over-water steel structure in the world.")

found: Wikipedia, Nov. 28, 2008(Chesapeake Bay Bridge (commonly known as the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-sparbridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Spanning the Chesapeake Bay, it connects the state's rural Eastern Shore region with the urban Western Shore ... opened in 1952 ... at the time ... the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure ... parallel span was added in 1973 ... officially named the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge ... after govenor of Marland [who] initiated its construction)