Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge

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|bridge_name= Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge

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|caption=View of the north side of the bridge from the east bank in 2015

|official_name= The Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge

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|carries= 6 lanes of {{jct|state=MD|I|95}}

|crosses= Susquehanna River

|locale= Havre de Grace, Maryland and Perryville, Maryland

|maint= Maryland Transportation Authority

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|design= Steel Truss – Deck

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|traffic= 74275 (in 2001)

|open= {{start date and age|1963}}

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|toll= $8 for two axles plus $8 for each additional axle (northbound) (Maryland E-ZPass $6{{cite web|url=http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/Toll_Rates/jfk_rates.html|title=MdTA Toll Rates: John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway|publisher=Maryland Transportation Authority|access-date=October 29, 2015}})

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The Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge carries Interstate 95 (I-95) over the Susquehanna River between Cecil County and Harford County, Maryland. The toll bridge carries 29 million vehicles annually.Maryland Transportation Authority It is upstream from the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge, which carries the parallel U.S. Route 40 (US 40).

The bridge is named for Millard Tydings (1890–1961), a longtime political figure in Maryland who served as U.S. Senator from 1927 to 1951. It was built between January 1962 and November 1963 between bluffs high above the river valley, and is posted with warning signs "Subject to Crosswinds."{{cite video |people=[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DanTD DanTD] |date=October 15, 2018 |title=NB Millard Tydings Bridge; Subject to Crosswinds |url= https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NB_Millard_Tydings_Bridge;_Subject_to_Crosswinds.jpg |medium= photograph |accessdate= December 13, 2018 }}{{cite video |people=[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DanTD DanTD] |date=October 26, 2018 |title=SB Millard Tydings Bridge; Subject to Crosswinds|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SB_Millard_Tydings_Bridge;_Subject_to_Crosswinds.jpg |medium= photograph |accessdate= December 13, 2018 }} It was dedicated, along with the highway it carries, by U.S. president John F. Kennedy on November 14, eight days before he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The next year, the highway was renamed the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway.

It is one of eight toll facilities operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority. The toll, which is levied on northbound vehicles only, has since July 1, 2013, been $8 for two axles plus $8 for each additional axle. In March 2020, the remaining toll collectors were replaced with electronic tolling because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with tolls payable through E-ZPass or video tolling, which uses automatic license plate recognition. All-electronic tolling was made permanent in August 2020.{{cite news|title=All-Electronic Tolling Now Permanent at All MDTA Facilities Statewide in Maryland|publisher=WBOC-TV|location=Salisbury, MD|date=August 6, 2020|url=http://www.wboc.com/story/42463689/md-governor-announces-allelectronic-tolling-now-permanent-at-all-mdta-facilities-statewide|access-date=August 6, 2020}}

The bridge was closed during Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012, perhaps the first time it was ever shut down.{{cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Md-governor-Bay-Bridge-closing-to-traffic-3990795.php | title=Md. governor: Bay Bridge closing to traffic | publisher=AP via SFGate | date=October 29, 2012 | access-date=October 31, 2012}}