Hanover Street Bridge

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Hanover Street Bridge
Hanover Street Bridge

The Hanover Street Bridge is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Known as Maryland Route 2, it runs south away from downtown Baltimore, from the western base of the industrialized Locust Point peninsula and crosses over the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River to the neighborhood of Cherry Hill.

Designed by John E. Greiner, the bridge was constructed in 1916 and is considered a Beaux Arts-style reinforced cantilever bridge.[1] It is known for its beautiful arches as it spans the water. In the center of the bridge is a drawbridge surrounded on four corners by classic style towers giving the bridge a unique appearance. The bridge is 2,290 feet long.

On May 30, 1993, Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke officially renamed the bridge the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Legler, Dixie & Highsmith, Carol (2002), Historic Bridges of Maryland, Crownsville, Md.: Maryland Historic Trust, pp. 59, ISBN 1-878399-80-2, <http://www.sha.state.md.us/KeepingCurrent/maintainRoadsBridges/bridges/oppe/bridgebook/bridge_book.asp> 


 
Crossings of the Patapsco River
Upstream

 Hanover Street Bridge
 Downstream
Fort McHenry Tunnel