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jwu u neavy iramc. oegan tssing oyer the new span. Hie ises* discontinued using the nergency Spa road route, and ill operate back and forth over te new bridge in the future, stra service from Horn Point, r way of the new bridge, irough Main and West street to te Johnson Lumber Company on resfc street extended and return as been added to the busthedules.As soon as the new bridge went tto operation, the draw of the Id span was opened so boats oul a not be held up to moving i and out of Spa creek.Demolish Old SpanCompromise street was closed i traffic, except that of the An-apolis Yacht Club, as the new ridge opened. Employes of the icLean Contracting company, ho buiit the new span, immedi-fcely started the work of demo-shing the Annapolis end of the Id bridge, in order to clear the •ay for the construction of the Compromise street approach to tie new bridge.Men. with pneumatic hammers tarted tearing up the driveway of he old bridge, cutting it loose rom the Annapolis sjde. The rane picked up bundles of floor bribers and dropped them on a cow moored nearby.When the old structure is re-aoved concrete piles will be [riven, structural steel put in •lace, and the Compromise street ntrance finished. Then Anna-•olis traffic over the new bridge dll flow over the structure from ioth Gloucester and Compromise treets.del county, when it has been com* pleted. The Board of Anne Arundel County Commissioners and the State Roads Commissioners ratified the name “Memorial Bridge at the suggestion of the Guy Carleton Parletfc Post No. 7, The American Legion, following a recommendation made by county Engineer Bromley.The Commissioners appointed a committee consisting of Commissioner George E. Frank, chairman. and Commissioners Charles M. Russell and W. Benton Shipley and Bromley, to meet with the Legion to work out plans for the dedication. Commissioner Frank said that all other veteran organizattos in the city and county would be asked to participate to the dedication ceremonies.(Editor’s Note: The photograph of the new Eastport bridge, published yesterday, was taken by Donald A. Hall/ The credit linewas inadvertently omitted.) »» .STOLEN BICYCLE RECOVEREDPolice were called to the home of Mrs. William Steams, 61 Southgate avenue last night, when she reported she had a bicycle stolen from to front of her home on July 4 and two colored boys.Hie police took the two boys on July 4 by two colored boys.back the bicycle,* .Fire is a holy thing for many peoples.Traffic StudyParking has been banned on Gloucester street, from St, Mary’s treet to the new bridge. But the shift of the Eastport end of the nidge from Fourth street to Sixth street has brought traffic problems. The bridge traffic in 2astport flows across three irteries which intersect Sixth street—Severn avenue, Bay Ridge ivenue and Chesapeake avenue.This morning considrable traffic-was swinging from. Fourth street into Severn avenue and from there into Sixth street to cross the bridge- to Annapolis. Much of the traffic pouring into Eastport was running along Sixth street to Chesapeake avenue.Sgb • Meade said the traffic light at Fourth street and Severn avefiue. in Eastport, . at the entrance{of. .the. 'old bridge, had been turned off and Would be moved to a new location. He said the police would make a check ofthe -traffic using the bridge for a day or so to order to determine proper regulations for parking, traffic signals and stop signs. The police official said that he expected considerable traffic to and from the Bay Ridge area would use the Bay Ridge avenue, Sixth street route. The heavy bridge traffic pouring from Sixth street into the heavily traveled Chesapeake avenue also presents a problem. lt;15 Month JobThe new bridge was opened to traffic slightly more than 15 months after work was started on March. 28, 1946.Although there was no official
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Capital Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Wed, Jul 09, 1947
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