Bridge on 231
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When constructed in 1927 Governor Ritchie wanted to call it "Broken-dic" bridge (following an embarrassing injury he had recently suffered) but his doctor told him that it wasn't broken, only bent, thus the name became official.
When constructed in 1927 Governor Ritchie wanted to call it "Broken-dic" bridge (following an embarrassing injury he had recently suffered) but his doctor told him that it wasn't broken, only bent, thus the name became official.
Ouch.
5 years in as the cost to collect the toll outstripped the revenue.
This postcard documents a miracle. A toll that was actually abolished. The Nice bridge and the bay bridge are long paid for yet the state keeps fleecing us for using them.
There is an entire section in the code of federal regulations on when the bridge has to be manned and how you can get it to spin. I dont think there is any barge traffic on the Pax these days, but for someone bringing a sailboat up the river, they have to open if so desired.
Title 33 → Chapter I → Subchapter J → Part 117
§117.567 Patuxent River.
The draw of S231 bridge, mile 18.5 at Benedict, shall open on signal; except that, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., the draw shall open on signal if notice is given to the Toll Captain at the Administration Building at the east end of the bridge before 6 p.m.
[CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984; 49 FR 37382, Sept. 24, 1984]
Yeah, the lady that posted it is pretty cool.
Not sure who originally posted it, but I didn't get it from a lady's FB page.
littlelady
God bless the USA
Ay, yi, yi. Certain things will never change. Have to find the humor in that! 
My FIL lives in Benedict. I never knew the bridge was that old. Thank goodness it is there. Otherwise, it would be a long round trip from St. Leonard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Route_231
I have always been told that there was a ferry service there even going back further than the site I posted. Maybe, back to Native American days. I was told that it got its name from people shouting Hello to get the boat to come back which turned into Hallow. Who knows. I just thought it was interesting. And, supposedly, that big white colonial that sits on the water on the left going back into Calvert has a cannon ball from the War of 1812 still in its walls. Who knows. I love history.
My FIL lives in Benedict. I never knew the bridge was that old. Thank goodness it is there. Otherwise, it would be a long round trip from St. Leonard.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Route_231
I have always been told that there was a ferry service there even going back further than the site I posted. Maybe, back to Native American days. I was told that it got its name from people shouting Hello to get the boat to come back which turned into Hallow. Who knows. I just thought it was interesting. And, supposedly, that big white colonial that sits on the water on the left going back into Calvert has a cannon ball from the War of 1812 still in its walls. Who knows. I love history.
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Concern4Calvert
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Pretty neat photo. I heard it was once a toll bridge
My mom posted it on a Calvert Facebook page. She kept that article from a newspaper years ago.