Morgantown Local Custom Tips by grandmaR

First a Ferry

The bridge marks the dividing line between the Lower Potomac Estuary and the Upper Estuary. It is the only Potomac crossing below Washington. It was espoused by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Nice who was then Governor of Maryland

At approximately this point, a famous ferry ran from Morgantown, Md. to Mathias Point (photo 4) in Virginia, as early as 1705. The ferry was part of the shortest route between the capitals of Maryland and Virginia (Annapolis and Richmond) and served as a principal link in the journeys of many early Americans, including George Washington, George Mason, and other founding fathers.

The site of one of the river crossings by John Wilkes Booth after his assassination of Abraham Lincoln is upstream a short way from here at Pope's Creek.

The Harry W. Nice Bridge is operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority. Tolls are $3.00 for cars, collected southbound only.