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Transportation in and around Maryland

 

[Chesapeake Bay bridges]
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE


CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL

(In Virginia)

   

[Library of Congress logo]
Milestones
in Maryland's Transportation History
From the Library of Congress

The Great Train From Clayton To Easton [train]

   
[Route 40 road sign]

The National Road
begun in Cumberland in 1806, was the nation's chief route west for many years.

[Route 50 sign]
Starts in OCEAN CITY MD & goes to Sacramento CA - 3073 miles

   

[Francis Scott Key Bridge]
Francis Scott Key Bridge

[Fort McHenry Tunnel]

   

[Baltimore Harbor Tunnel]
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel

Thanks to MDOT for use of the photograph

Canal in Winter 2003
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
a national historical park a pathway into history, nature and recreation (Montgomery County)

   


Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - where the stories of the Bay and its people come alive! (Talbot County)

Calvert Marine Museum
 Calvert Marine Museum - where the stories of the Bay and its people come alive! (Calvert County)

   

[steamship]

[barge]
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Celebrates 150 Years

   

[Canton Railroad logo]

[B & O Railroad logo]
   
[train]

[Western Maryland Railway logo]

Western Maryland Railway

   
Thunder Mountain - A train ride that covers a 1,300 foot change in elevationglimpses of scenery hidden for decades300 years of history tied together by a ribbon of steel (Allegany County) Goddard Space Flight Center - has mission responsibility for Earth Science, Space Science, and Technology (Prince George's County)