Immediately upon leaving Annapolis and the Severn River you are fixated on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It's an awesome sight from the Bay and is the only bridge that spans the Chesapeake from the western shore to the eastern shore - not to be mistaken with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel, which goes from Norfolk to just south of Cape Charles. The one north of Annapolis is all bridge - 4.3 miles to be exact - and no tunnels. There are actually two separate bridges these days - one for eastbound and one for westbound traffic. The orginal bridge (eastbound) was built in 1952 and the second (westbound) was built in 1973. The vertical clearance is a whopping 186 feet! For comparison sake - most fixed bridges on the ICW (Intercoastal Waterway) have about 65 feet of clearance. Our mast is a little over 60 feet tall - so, as you might imagine it is a little nerve wracking to pass under a lot of bridges but nothing to worry about at all when you've got another extra 120 feet of clearance!
Magothy River
For years we have read stories in Chesapeake Bay Magazine about the beautiful anchorages in this river, which is just north of Annapolis and the Bay Bridge. Well, they did not exaggerate! We thoroughly enjoyed spending a few days in a gorgeous anchorage in front of this beautiful horse farm.
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