Appropriations—1960

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

Bonds $ 15,234,782
Construction of Primary and Secondary Highways—

State System .. - .. - 56,569,934
Maintenance of Highways—State System 9,226,766
Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Weight-and-Size

Limitations 380,000
County and Municipality Funds 37,291,971

Total - $118,703,453
Staff: 3,468.

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, Maryland
Paul R. Harrison, Susquehanna River Toll Bridge, Perry-

ville, Maryland

Elwood E. Schafer, Potomac River Toll Bridge, Newburg,
Maryland

Harbor Tunnel Plaza, Frankfurst at Childs Telephone: Elgin 5-3500

The State Roads Commission, through its Toll Facilities Depart-
ment, operates and maintains the three major toll bridges indicated
above and the Harbor Tunnel Thruway (Patapsco Tunnel, under Balti-
more's harbor) which was opened to traffic on November 30, 1967.
Currently, the four projects handle approximately $24,000,000 toll
transactions annually and produce revenue approximating $14,000,000
all of which is utilized for debt service after deduction of maintenance
and operating costs.

The Administrative Offices, the accounting section, and the mainte-
nance division of this Department are centralized in the Administra-
tion Building adjacent to the Fairfield Portal of the Tunnel.

The Chesapeake Bay Toll Bridge is one of the largest over-water
structures in the world. It is composed of 123 spans extending across
4.35 miles of the Chesapeake Bay between Sandy Point on the Western
shore to a point near Stevensville on the Eastern shore of Maryland.
The combined length of the project, including roadway approaches, is
7.11 miles. The traffic lanes between the suspension towers are 2,922%
feet in length and 198% feet above water level; the suspension towers
rise an additional 155 1/2 feet above the Bay to a total height of 354
' feet. This bridge was opened to traffic on July 30, 1952. It is located on
two of the principal motor arteries, U. S. 301 and U. S. 60.

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. It is 7,613 feet long and was opened to
traffic on August 28, 1940. It is on another main highway, U. S. 40.

The Potomac River Toll Bridge, from a point near Newburg in
Charles County, Maryland, to a point near Dahlgren, Virginia, over
the Potomac River, is 11,446 feet in length and was opened to traffic
on December 15, 1940. It is on U. S. 301.

The Harbor Tunnel Thruway, opened to traffic on November 30,
1957, provides a North-South by-pass of the City of Baltimore as well