Appropriations—1955

Special Fund (including Federal Aid):
Sinking Fund Provision—State Highway Construction

Bonds .................................................................................$ 9,406,003
Construction of Primary and Secondary Highways—

State System ...................................................................... 18,782,466
Maintenance of Highways—State System .................... 7,121,030
Operation and Maintenance of Patuxent River Toll

Bridge .................................................................................. 60,000
Sign Permit Administration .............................................. 10,000
Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Weight-and-Size

Limitations ........................................................................ 440,000
County and Municipality Funds ........................................ 13,427,464

Total ............................................................................$49,246,963

Appropriations—1956

Special Fund (including Federal Aid):
Sinking Fund Provision—State Highway Construction

Bonds ..................................................................................$10,878,150
Construction of Primary and Secondary Highways—

State System ..................................................................... 21,879,063
Maintenance of Highways—State System ...................... 8,006,990
Operation and Maintenance of Patuxent River Toll

Bridge ................................................................................ 65,000
Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Weight-and-Size

Limitations ........................................................................ 443,000
County and Municipality Funds ........................................ 15,983,566

Total ............................................................................$57,266,769
Staff: 3,171.

Toll Facilities Department

Louis J. O'Donnell, Chief Administrative Officer
Johnson H. Webster, Chief Maintenance Officer
Superintendents of Bridges:
George W. Phillips, Chesapeake Bay Toll Bridge, Sandy

Point
Paul R. Harrison, Susquehanna River Toll Bridge,

Perryville

Elwood E. Schafer, Potomac River Toll Bridge, Newburg
Hyman Levin, Patuxent River Toll Bridge, Barstow
Harry O. Britner, Williamsport Toll Bridge, Williamsport

The State Roads Commission, through its Toll Facilities Depart-
ment, operates the five toll bridges indicated above. The Toll Facili-
ties Department supervises the operation and maintenance of the
bridges which yield an annual aggregate revenue of more than
$7,600,000. The administrative offices and accounting section of the
Department are located in Baltimore.

The Chesapeake Bay Toll Bridge is the third longest bridge in the
world. It is composed of 123 spans and extends across 4.35 miles of
open water between Sandy Point on the western shore of Maryland
and a point near Stevensville on the eastern. The combined length
of the projects, including roadway approaches, is 7.11 miles. The
traffic lanes between the suspension towers are 2,922 1/2 feet in length
and 198 1/2 feet above water level, while the suspension towers rise