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empties into it.]] The Chesapeake Bay is the largest , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , and West Virginia . More than 150 rivers and streams drain into the Bay. The Chesapeake Bay is about 200 Mile s (300 Km ) long, from the Susquehanna River in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the south. At its narrowest point near Annapolis , Maryland, the Bay is 4 miles (6.4 km) wide; at its widest point, near the mouth of the Potomac River , it is 30 miles (50 km) wide. Total shoreline for the Bay and its tributaries is 11,684 miles (18,804 km), and the surface area of the bay and its major tributaries is . The bay is spanned in two places. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge crosses the bay in Maryland from Sandy Point (near Annapolis ) to Kent Island ; the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia connects Virginia Beach to Cape Charles . | |||||||||||||||
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