Board consists of twenty-five physicians who ad-
vise the Administrator on the medical aspects of
driver licensing. Whenever an individual's physi-
cal or mental condition may affect driving ability,
the Administrator relies on the Board for profes-
sional guidance.

DIVISION OF DEPARTMENTAL
SERVICES

Joseph Vicchio, Director Telephone: 768-7239

The Division of Departmental Services encom-
passes a variety of supporting activities needed by
the Administration. The Division includes the
Communications, Print Shop, and Mail sections.

DIVISION OF FISCAL AFFAIRS

Richard J. Piekarski, Director
Telephone: 768-7211

The Division is responsible for accounting, au-
dits, cash receipts, and payroll.

MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY

Chairperson: Richard H. Trainor, Secretary of
Transportation

Daniel F. McMullen III, 1987; Ronald L.
Freeland, 1988; Robert R. Neall, 1988; Arthur M.
Gompf, 1989; Louise P. Hoblitzell, 1989; one
vacancy.

Executive Secretary: Anthony P. Frate

P.O. Box 9088
Dundalk 21222 Telephone: 288-6400
TTY for Deaf: 1-800-492^575

The Maryland Transportation Authority is the
public body that governs and sets policy for the
State's toll projects. The Authority was created in
1970 (Chapter 526, Acts of 1970). It consists of
the Secretary as chairperson and six public mem-
bers appointed for three-year terms by the Gover-
nor with the advice and consent of the Senate
(Code Transportation Article, sees. 4-201 through
4-404).

The Transportation Authority operates and
maintains four toll bridges, the Baltimore Harbor
Tunnel and the Fort McHenry Tunnel (under
Baltimore's harbor), and the John F. Kennedy

Memorial Highway. These facilities were con-
structed with proceeds from the sale of revenue
bonds authorized under the Revenue Bond Act of
1937 and by Chapter 1, Acts of the Special Ses-
sion of 1956.

Day-to-day management, operation, mainte-
nance, and capital improvements of the toll facili-
ties are carried out by the Authority's staff and
employees. The administrative offices, central
supply depot, and maintenance activities of these
facilities are centralized at the Francis Scott Key
Bridge over Baltimore's outer harbor. The Francis
Scott Key Bridge was opened to traffic in March
of 1977 and connects Sellers Point in Baltimore
County with Hawkins Point in Baltimore City. It
also is the final link in the 52-mile Baltimore
Beltway (Route 695).

The William Preston Lane, Jr., Memorial
Bridge is one of the longest over-water steel struc-
tures in the world. It spans 4.35 miles of the
Chesapeake Bay between Sandy Point on the
Western Shore to a point near Stevensville on the
Eastern Shore. Traffic lanes between the suspen-
sion towers are 2,922-1/2 feet in length and
198-1/2 feet above the Bay. The Bridge rises to a
total height of 354 feet. This span was opened to
traffic on July 30, 1952. At the request of the
General Assembly, the State Roads Commission
in 1967 renamed the Chesapeake Bay Toll Bridge
as the William Preston Lane, Jr., Memorial
Bridge (Joint Resolution no. 21, Acts of 1967).

In 1968, Bridge and Tunnel Revenue Bonds
were issued to construct a parallel bridge across
the Chesapeake Bay, a crossing of the Patapsco
River (Baltimore Outer Harbor) from Hawkins
Point to Sparrows Point, and a connection on the
Harbor Tunnel Thruway between U.S. Route 1
and Interstate Route 95 near Elkridge. On June
28, 1973, the parallel Bay Bridge was opened to
traffic.

The Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge, for-
merly the Susquehanna River Toll Bridge, spans
the Susquehanna River from a point near Perry-
ville, Cecil County, to a point near Havre de
Grace, Harford County. It is 1.4 miles and was
opened to traffic on August 28, 1940.

The Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge
across the Potomac River in Charles County was
opened to traffic in December 1940. It links U.S.
301 between Maryland and Virginia. Originally
called the Potomac River Toll Bridge, the 1.7
mile structure received its present name in 1967
from the State Roads Commission.