The Baltimore Banner: “A Hanover Street bridge makeover is in the works — but it could take a while” (Saul Pink)
Baltimore is taking initial steps to makeover the corridor that connects some South Baltimore neighborhoods to the rest of the city — but it will be years before the project, which includes rehabilitating or replacing the Hanover Street Bridge, could become reality.
Maryland lawmakers announced a $15.5 million federal grant last month to begin planning to revitalize the Hanover Street Corridor, a 2.4-mile stretch that includes the 108-year-old drawbridge over the Patapsco River that connects Cherry Hill to Port Covington…
…“It is physically difficult for someone across the water to access those new amenities and opportunities if they don’t have a car,” said Brad Rogers, the executive director of the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership. “So redesigning and rebuilding the bridge so that it has ample pedestrian infrastructure ensures that people on one side of the water aren’t physically divided from opportunities across the water.”
The city resurfaced the bridge in 2018 as a stopgap measure to deal with its numerous fissures and potholes, but the bridge has not seen significant work since then.
Reimagine Middle Branch, an ambitious $175 million plan to redevelop neighborhoods along the 11-mile Middle Branch shoreline of the Patapsco River, endorsed the 2018 study’s recommendations with a slight modification: moving the pedestrian and bicycle lanes all to one side…
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