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August 17, 2011

Hanover Street bridge to open

The Hanover Street drawbridge will be opened at about 1 p.m. for about 30 minutes, according to the Baltimore Department of Transportation. Delays are expected. Motorists may want to use Maryland 295 and Waterview Avenue as an alternative.

Posted by Michael Dresser at 11:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)
Categories: On the roads

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Any bets on if it gets stuck in the open position and broken? 2:1 odds it won't be open in time for rush hour. Who's in? :)

Posted by: Phillip | August 17, 2011 12:48 PM

any reason why? is it just to open it and make sure it still works? or is something big moving through?

Posted by: Anonymous | August 17, 2011 1:45 PM

Tub Boat crew member friend of mine said it got stuck for about 20 minutes. I was wondering why it took over an hour for the bridge to go up and then back down. I was watching it on trafficland.com. I'm happy it was down for my drive home :)

Posted by: Phillip | August 18, 2011 8:40 AM

Will that bridge ever be properly repaired? We have welded patches on top of welded patches. They make no effort to taper the edges and one of the southbound repairs on the surface of the deck is very high.

You can just hear the tires holler "Ouch" as they run into the steel plate. A fine example of how not to fix a bridge deck.

Posted by: Doug | August 21, 2011 10:58 PM

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Michael Dresser has been an editor, reporter and columnist with The Sun longer than Baltimore's had a subway. He's covered retailing, telecommunications, state politics and wine. Since 2004, he's been The Sun's transportation writer. He lives in Ellicott City with his wife and travel companion, Cindy.

His Getting There column appears on Mondays. Mike's blog will be a forum for all who are interested in highways, transit and other transportation issues affecting Baltimore, Maryland and the region.

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