an additional 155 1/2 feet to a total height of 354 feet. The Chesapeake
Bay Toll Bridge was opened to traffic on July 30, 1952. During the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1954, a total of 2,031,818 vehicles
crossed the bridge which, together with passengers, produced a toll
income of $3,820,732.10.

The Susquehanna River Toll Bridge spans the Susquehanna River
from a point near Perryville in Cecil County to a point near Havre
de Grace in Harford County. The bridge is 7,613 feet in length and
was opened to traffic on August 28, 1940. During the fiscal year
ended September 30, 1964, a total of 8,409,349 vehicles traversed
this bridge, producing a toll income of $1,695,623.66.

The Potomac River Toll Bridge spans the Potomac River from a
point near Newburg in Charles County to a point near Dahlgren,
Virginia. It is 11,446 feet long and was opened to traffic on December
16, 1940. During the September 30, 1964, fiscal year, 1,863,019 ve-
hicles used this bridge, producing toll income of $1,919,981.80.

Revenues and expenditures of the Chesapeake Bay, Susquehanna
River, and Potomac River Toll Bridges for the fiscal year ended Sep-
tember 30, 1954, administered under the terms of a Trust Agreement
dated October 1, 1948, are summarized as follows:

Revenues:

Tolls:

Chesapeake Bay Toll Bridge ............ $3,820,732.10
Susquehanna River Toll Bridge .......... 1,696,623.66
Potomac River Toll Bridge ................ 1,919,981.80

— $7,436,337.56
Income from investments .................................................. 9,886.92
Miscellaneous ...................................................................... 6,735.40

Total .......................................................................... $7,452,959.88

Expenses—Operating and Maintenance $1,002,464.28
Transfer to Revenue Projects Interest
and Sinking Fund ................................ 6,116,735.29 7,119,199.57

Net Increase in Operating Reserves .............................. $ 333,760.31

The Patuxent River Toll Bridge, approximately two-thirds of a
mile in length, spans the Patuxent River from a point near Hallowing
Point in Calvert County to a point near Benedict in Charles County.
It was opened to traffic on December 1, 1961. During the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1954, a total of 69,062 vehicles crossed the bridge,
resulting in toll income of $60,827.85.

The Williamsport Toll Bridge, spanning the Potomac River between
Williamsport in Maryland and a point opposite in Berkeley County,
West Virginia, is 1,478 feet in length and was acquired by the State
Roads Commission under an Act of the General Assembly of Mary-
land. The Commission began operating the bridge as a State project
on December 19, 1964, having acquired the major portion of the capi-
tal stock of the Washington and Berkeley Bridge Company (a West
Virginia corporation and former owner of the bridge) as of January
7, 1954, concurrently assuming the operation of the bridge. The char-
ter and corporate franchise of the Washington and Berkeley Bridge
Company were surrendered to the State of West Virginia during
December, 1964, upon dissolution of the company. During the period