The new deck would take the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge from a five-lane bridge to a four-lane bridge. The extra space is used to increase the sidewalks from 6 ft. The plan also includes new 2 ft. This plan will also permanently close the drawbridge span. The steel grate grind deck would be filled with a new concrete surface.
Since we do not have a funding source yet for the replacement of the Hanover Street Bridge, the NEPA study has been delayed until funding can be identified. The Ultimate Travel Checklist! What is it about Inspirational Travel Quotes? Top Destinations for a Romantic Getaway. A Perfect Family Vacation. List your property on Wander. Find us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
The end of the bridge is at the Maryland Vietnam Veteran's Memorial and a boat ramp, both on the north side of the parking lot for Harbor Hospital. Although there is no dedicated parking lot for the memorial, boat ramp, or bridge, there is plenty of space in the hospital parking lot. The bridge has a cement deck, except for the center portion of the bridge, which is movable and decked with steel mesh. The bridge has sidewalks on both sides for pedestrians.
The four corners of the movable central span have ornamental, small tender houses about 25 feet high. A bronze plaque on the cement abutment on the southern end dedicates the bridge as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, placed in by Chapter Vietnam Veterans of America, Baltimore, Maryland. Threats: None known. The bridge is fairly heavily used for local traffic flow between southern Baltimore and northern Anne Arundel County and downtown. Regional traffic flow follows Interstate 95 and other nearby highways.
The thesis by John F. Maynard, less than 20 years after construction, documents major settling problems and need for re-construction at the northern end. In , at least two of the spans on the northern approach appear almost new, suggesting that these settling problems have continued throughout the years, and have been corrected by additional re-constructions since The bridge appears very grand from a distance, and was certainly very impressive back in However, it is now disappointing when viewed up close.
Most of the traffic has long since been diverted onto highways, the bridge connects blue collar and industrial areas a substantial distance from downtown, and most residents probably do not even know it is there.
The bridge is not well kept. There are many places where the cement facade is crumbling, revealing the inner steel supports. The tender houses are closed up, with the windows in their upper stories boarded up. The bridge gets little foot traffic, so the sidewalk is littered with garbage.
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