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MARYLAND MANUAL 43
country. The Capital Beltway was opened on August 16,
1964.
Maryland's only toll road, the John F. Kennedy Highway,
(Route 95), runs from Baltimore to the Delaware line and
connects with the Delaware Memorial Bridge and the New
Jersey Turnpike. Originally dedicated as the Northeastern
Expressway by the late President on November 14, 1963,
only a few days before his tragic death, it was subsequently
renamed by joint action of both Maryland and Delaware.
The Blue Star Highway (Route 301), extending from the
Eastern Shore end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to the
Delaware State line, makes similar connections. The next to
the last segment of Route 95, that between the Baltimore
and the Capital Beltways and parallel to the Baltimore-
Washington Expressway was opened to traffic in July, 1971.
In Western Maryland, the State has continued a massive
highway construction program to speed traffic to the west.
Interstate Route 70 has been completed between Baltimore
and Washington to Hancock, where the road swings north-
ward into Pennsylvania. Route 40, the National Road, has
been dualized and in many instances, relocated. The State
is constructing a new road which runs parallel to Route 40
to be called the National Freeway. Segments have already
been completed between Cumberland and La Vale in Alle-
gany County.
Friendship International Airport, constructed to connect
Baltimore with all parts of the globe, began operating on
June 24, 1950. A 3,200-acre field, it was designed to accom-
modate the largest planes of the jet age and is still one of
the largest airports in the country. The volume of traffic
has grown steadily, but at a rate considerably below expec-
tations, due largely to the presence of Dulles International
Airport near Washington.
The Maryland Port Authority, now called the Maryland
Port Administration, was established in 1956 to promote
and develop the ports of Maryland. It endeavors to per-
suade private operators of port facilities to make needed
improvements, but if necessary, the Administration may
construct and operate supplementary facilities.
Health and Mental Hygiene
Spurred by a series of shocking revelations about the care
of the mentally ill which was published in one of Baltimore's
leading newspapers in 1949, the General Assembly estab-
lished the Department of Mental Hygiene, now included in
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as the Mental
Health Administration, and gave it full supervision over all

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