Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge

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**Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge**
Carries	2 lanes of U.S. Route 301
Crosses	Potomac River
Locale	Dahlgren, Virginia and Morgantown, Maryland
Maintained by	Maryland Transportation Authority
Design	Continuous truss bridge
Longest span	800 ft (240 m)
Opening date	December 1940
Toll	$3.00 (southbound) per two-axle vehicle with E-ZPass accepted
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The Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that spans the Potomac River between Newburg in Charles County, Maryland and Dahlgren in King George County, Virginia. The bridge carries U.S. Route 301. It was known as the Potomac River Bridge between its opening in December of 1940 until it was renamed in April of 1968 for Harry W. Nice (1877-1941) who served as governor of Maryland from 1935 to 1939.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt participated in the facility's ground breaking in 1939.

The two-lane bridge handled nearly 5.6-million vehicles during the 2003 fiscal year. It is one of 7 toll facilities operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority.

As prohibiting pedestrians or bicycles may create difficulties, the Maryland Transportation Authority may transport bicycles for a fee as a courtesy if manpower and time are available. As this operating policy is not official, non-motorists should call the bridge desk at least 24 hours in advance.^[1]

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^ Maryland Bicycle Map

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