Goldenhawk
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There already IS a southern bay crossing. It's in Norfolk, Virginia. 
Town of Chesapeake Beach responds to preliminary maps circulated for the Bay Bridge Crossing
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you fail to take into account that there was an existing route, which had room to expand.
The soil and water in the region would make road widening cost prohibitive and that's just the western shore side.
You would have the same problem on the Eastern shore.
The bridge itself might prove to be the easy part.
Grumpy
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Save the Nutria!!
No I didn't. The "existing" route when the original bay bridge was built was no larger than most of the "existing routes" that are shown on that simplified diagram with all the options. And I was quite clear in my post that the cost of upgrading routes would be hugely expensive..that it wasn't just the cost of the bridge to consider. ;-)
The little bastids. About completely destroyed the open side of our place...ruined all the marsh and it washed away.
Hessian
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So...this may sound a little complicated,...but it might have merit.
Find the last few remaining indigenous people from the Eastern Shore. Award them 'Tribal" status. Grant them the right to build a ferry access on their marshy reservation. Boom...set up a ferry that has a casino on it running 24 hours a day. THAT would make $$ and haul SoMders to Wicomico...or Pokomoke...or wherever they want on the Eastern Shore.
Find the last few remaining indigenous people from the Eastern Shore. Award them 'Tribal" status. Grant them the right to build a ferry access on their marshy reservation. Boom...set up a ferry that has a casino on it running 24 hours a day. THAT would make $$ and haul SoMders to Wicomico...or Pokomoke...or wherever they want on the Eastern Shore.
I'm only thinking of saving money. Say to upgrade RT 4 and then whatever link to the bridge, how much land would they need to acquire and then back fill / build up to support the road bed.
When you get closer to the water you have that slop, clay, which they would need to stablize by driving pilings and coffers.
Honestly, instead of a bridge, they could probably bore a tunnel quicker and cheaper with the technology they have.
Question would be how deep they would have to go to get under the bay - that could prove to be a real long tunnel.
But they built the Chunnel - the tunnel that crosses under the English Channel. Similiar conditions along the coasts.
I like the casino boat / ship idea. The casino alone would probably pay for operations, then add on the passenger and vehicle charges, it could be profitiable IF they state and local government could put in the infastructure (roads) and land could be acquired (at a reasonable price).
Grumpy
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NorthBeachPerso
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You guys are joking around but there has been talk, off and on, about having a gambling boat docked at either Chesapeake Beach or North Beach for the last couple decades.
One of the hindrances is that the people who push it don't have the money, or the political juice, to make it happen.
One of the hindrances is that the people who push it don't have the money, or the political juice, to make it happen.
would it be a boat or more of a bardge, i.e. it would not have any of it's own propulsion or power but would merely be tethered.
Or do they actually go out for a cruise?
NorthBeachPerso
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Boat. Cruise. That was most of the ideas, you couldn't really call them proposals.
I remember back in the 60s when Kent Island was nothing more than some low-lying land that you drove across without stopping. ;-)