Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Maryland - Beginning To End

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (also known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge 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, between Stevensville and the capital city of Annapolis. The original span, opened in 1952 and with a length of 4.3 miles, was the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure. The parallel span was added in 1973. The bridge is officially named the Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge after William Preston Lane Jr. who, as the 52nd Governor of Maryland, initiated its construction in the late 1940s finally after decades of political indecision and public controversy.
The bridge has a one-way toll (eastbound) of $4.00 for two-axle vehicles; vehicles with a Maryland E-ZPass pay $2.50. All-electronic tolling began on May 12, 2020, with tolls payable through E-ZPass or Video Tolling, which uses automatic license plate recognition.
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[@leejon83]

Thanks for posting this, I was curious to see exactly this perspective.

[@angelmccauley6836]

The bridge is my symbol of freedom

[@darlenelipuma7769]

Love driving across the bridge. Seeing all the boats, and some of the mansions along the bay. Beautiful drive. I miss Holly's though.

[@jillianraecreations]

It's always so exciting when we make it to the bay bridge! Means we are 2 hours away lol! My most favorite part of the road trip, besides the route 50 and/or route 90 bridges into actual OC, windows down smelling the salt air, THE BEST lol.

[@timbeers999]

Can’t wait July is coming soon then we will be going east bound. Thank for sharing 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍

[@rehabmax]

Many fond memories of going over the Bay Bridge to the eastern shore towns.

[@frankdash8677]

Great to see the sights since I’m usually the one driving. Gotta admit this bridge scared me as a kid. Mainly because I watched “The Night the bridge fell”.

[@ReelJayB]

That bridge can get scary, especially in high wind!!

[@chriswalsh2312]

Just watching this from the comfort of my sofa makes me nervous.

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

I don't think it looks that bad. Other than being long and narrow and having that lift up center it seems fairly standard.

[@kenpalmer1965]

I'll say this much! This is one bridge that you don't want to break down on!

[@velistabennett4526]

True

[@mezzab6974]

I don’t get the fuss ?

[@D.P.8.7]

I just read an article about the bridge, and many people are afraid of it. I wonder why? It's a beautifully constructed bridge. Best regards from Germany.

[@amandamarksdottir5905]

The 10K Across the Bay is worth doing, at least walking, because you get to be a pedestrian on this span. It's beautiful!

[@ReelJayB]

My wife loves doing that race!!

[@jasonwalker927]

Think for this update I'm Will be back down there in middle of June and we can meet up soon keep up with the good work reeljayb

[@johncole273]

Love crossing the bridge

[@dworsak79]

I've been over AND under that bridge MANY times.

[@alwayssme]

loved being able to see everything , beings i didn't have to watch the road while my husband drives lol beautiful views

[@Perurikun]

it's been many a moon since i've had the chance to drive across the Bay Bridge. now i want some Maryland crab cakes! 😆👍

[@ReelJayB]

Can't ever go wrong with a crab cake!!

[@vitze961]

beautiful

[@JaxBrubaker-po8ld]

I’ve never been on this bridge! I’ve only been on the other Bay Bridge in Virginia Beach

[@robertbeckmann7768]

Drive it every day . From east to west and back. Always exciting. Wind and weather affects my commute. Can be 7min across or 2hrs. Longest trip across was over 6hrs.

[@ReelJayB]

What always amazes me is the heavy fog and not being able to see the water from the bridge. It's eerie but neat to see.

[@nikitakelley]

@Reel JB 😧😧😧😧😧😧😧

[@BradRains]

Thank you for taking your subscribers along for the ride. Has Maryland decided where the 3rd span to cross the Chesapeake Bay is going to be and when might the project start and finish?

[@ReelJayB]

Last I heard it was going to be built right next to the existing bridges. But, I have absolutely no idea when they are starting.

[@rockerneck]

@@ReelJayB it will be completed within 50 years, just like 695, 270, and 95.

[@ReelJayB]

@@HashHogan710 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@darlenereed4975]

My sis and I plan on going down the ocean in September!

[@ReelJayB]

September is an awesome time! Hope you have a great trip!

[@jeremycrow7776]

Always the highlight of our trip, other than getting to the beach! There is not much to see coming from West Virginia!

[@ReelJayB]

You know....it's crazy because it's so flat here that when we see mountains we think how of awesome they look! HAHA

[@jeremycrow7776]

@ReelJayB Yeah, we get tired of seeing Mountains, probably like you get tired of seeing the beach 😂

[@ReelJayB]

@@jeremycrow7776 🤣🤣 well....the beach somehow never gets old.

[@jeremycrow7776]

@@ReelJayB I would agree with that! 😁 ⛱️

[@petermartini446]

Whoever wrote this and posted this, but a check under the bed for monsters that’s really scary

[@Sinnix.]

that bridge is so narrow and high without any shoulder! how often do people drive off of it!? looks like it wouldnt take much but a bump in the side and a tire catching the wall to bring you over.

[@ReelJayB]

The only time I can remember in the last (almost) 20 years is a tractor trailer going over. He swerved to avoid hitting a car. Other than that, it's pretty well built. There was recently a 20 car pile up and no one went over.

[@georgeb6079]

When you went across the bridge did you see Miss Paula setting crab pots

[@ReelJayB]

LOL I always look for him!! I really enjoy his youtube channel.

[@georgeb6079]

The crew from 2 years ago cracked me up randy and Danny

[@tippy651]

If there's an emergency on the bridge how do emergency services get through? It doesn't look like there's enough room even if the cars move to the side to make a middle path.

[@ReelJayB]

They either shut the lane down or open up a lane on the opposite bridge. They use traffic display signs and signs before/on the bridge to notify people of any traffic pattern changes.

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

Gota love the lack of shoulders on old bridges. Like what were they thinking?

[@MoviemaniaNick]

Nice video but I was waiting for the commentary in this or at least some music. lol

[@ReelJayB]

🤣🤣 hear me ramble the whole time??

[@MoviemaniaNick]

@@ReelJayB lol

[@a1anma1donado12]

Did you drive into Virginia Beach or vise versa??

[@ReelJayB]

Drove in VA beach

[@Mimi_1971]

No way in hell!

[@nosnerd1967]

What highway ? I’m at a loss here …

[@BradRains]

U.S. Route 50 going from Annapolis, MD crossing over the Chesapeake Bay to the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

[@darlenelipuma7769]

@@BradRains I believe he was going westbound today. so it would be from the shore TO Annapolis.

[@sewfab7805]

I probably passed you as we were leaving (OC) today.

[@ReelJayB]

Yeah you probably did! At least there wasn't any traffic today, Sunday had some leaving OC.

[@muell000]

It makes me nervous that this guy is always driving on the left lane even if the right lane is free. In Germany we say: Rechtsfahrgebot.

[@ReelJayB]

Yeah, well, to each their own I guess. Thankfully I live in the 🇺🇸

[@NicandroDarpino-lr4yu]

Not allowed to cross over into another lane on the bridge

[@ripp4775]

A bit far afield from your bailiwick sir.

[@ReelJayB]

You lost me on that one....you mean different than my usual videos?

[@ripp4775]

@@ReelJayB With the exception of your recent road trip down south, your videos center around OC and nearby communities. Unexpected Bay Bridge visit. Not complaining, still a thumbs up 👍

[@ReelJayB]

@@ripp4775 ahhhhh gotcha gotcha. I need to change it up every now and again.