Memorial Bridge

As many as 2,000 people are expected to converge on the Hanover Street Bridge on Sunday for a ceremony officially renaming the South Baltimore span as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge.The effort began last fall when a local Vietnam veterans group led by Ed Vogel, chairman of the Memorial Day project, petitioned the City Council for the name change. The bill passed easily and was signed into law by Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke.The group raised $6,000 to pay for commemorative plaques honoring those who served in the war. The plaques will be placed at each end of the bridge, which opened in 1917.

Here's what to look for if you are traveling in the Baltimore metropolitan area this week.New highway projectsU.S. 1 North -- Traffic from Miller Road to Sheradale Drive has been switched to the new three-lane roadway while the southbound roadway is reconstructed. There is daily two-lane traffic southbound until noon, when traffic is reversed to two lanes northbound. A concrete barrier prohibits left turns onto and off Miller Road. Miller Road traffic can make all movements at the U.S. 1 and Perry Hall Road intersection.

Here's what to look for if you are traveling in the Baltimore metropolitan area this week.New highway projectsInterstate 95, north and south from the Beltway to White Marsh Boulevard -- North from Beltway to White Marsh Boulevard, single-lane closures and two-lane closures from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. South from White Marsh Boulevard to Beltway, single-lane closures and two-lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and single-lane closures from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturdays.

SANDY POINT -- Consider the gracefully curved approach, the soaring towers, the gray steel girders and the massive, concrete piers of a Chesapeake Bay landmark that has withstood the test of time.Naysayers claimed it would be toppled by the first winter's ice floes. They said passing freighters would bump it in the night. They said it would ruin the state's oyster industry by redirecting the bay's currents.None of that came to pass, of course. Instead, as it approaches 40, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is the key to one of the most heavily traveled highways in Maryland, a place where weekend traffic tie-ups quickly became a summer tradition and a vacationer's nightmare.

State transportation authorities advise motorists that this construction will affect motorists using state roadways and toll facilities this week:* U.S. 1 northbound -- From Miller Road to Sheradale Drive, traffic has been switched to the new three-lane roadway while the southbound lanes are being reconstructed. There will be daily two-lane traffic southbound until noon, after which traffic will be reversed to two lanes northbound. A concrete barrier prevents left turns to and from Miller Road.

Here's what to look for in the metropolitan area this week. This list of highway projects includes only newly announced work, not continuing construction, which is extensive on several highways, including Interstate 95, U.S. 50/301 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.New highway projectsWarren Road at Route 45 will be closed for approximately 30 days beginning Sept. 4. Motorists should follow detour signs.The east approach to the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge (I-695) between exits 42 and 43 will be closed to traffic from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.

State transportation authorities advise motorists that these construction projects will affect motorists using state roadways and toll facilities this week:* Interstate 95 North -- Northbound roadway from the Beltway to White Marsh Boulevard, the fast lane is closed through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.* I-95 North -- Southbound roadway from White Marsh Boulevard to the Beltway, the fast lane is closed through Friday from 9...

These roadbuilding projects will affect motorists using state roads and toll facilities this week:* U.S. 1 northbound -- From Miller Road to Sheradale Drive, the right northbound lane will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. today through Friday.* Interstate 95 North -- On the northbound roadway from the Beltway to White Marsh Boulevard, the fast lane will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. today through Friday. The fast lane of the southbound roadway from White Marsh Boulevard to the Beltway will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today through Friday.

State transportation officials are advising motorists that these roadway construction projects will be under way on area roads and toll bridges the remainder of the week:* John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (Interstate 95) -- Today through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m., one lane may be closed on northbound and southbound I-95 between White Marsh Boulevard and Stepney Road. Between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., two lanes may be closed. All week, from sunrise to sunset, one lane may be closed in each direction on the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge.