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The Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge is a Cantilever Bridge that spans the Potomac River between Newburg in Charles County, Maryland and Dahlgren in King George County, Virginia . The bridge carries U.S. Route 301 . It was known as the Potomac River Bridge between its opening in December of 1940 until it was renamed in April of 1968 for Harry W. Nice (1877-1941) who served as governor of Maryland from 1935 to 1939. President Franklin D. Roosevelt participated in the facility's ground breaking in 1939 . The two-lane bridge handled nearly 5.6-million vehicles during the 2003 fiscal year. It is one of 7 toll facilities operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority . EXTERNAL LINKS
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