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== Transportation == [[File:2019-05-21 16 04 53 View east along U.S. Route 40 (Pulaski Highway) just east of Lewis Lane in Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[U.S. Route 40 in Maryland|U.S. Route 40]] eastbound in Havre de Grace]] ===Roads and highways=== The primary means of travel to and from Havre de Grace is by road. The most prominent highway through the city is [[U.S. Route 40 in Maryland|U.S. Route 40]], which runs east to [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] and west to [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]]. US 40 also includes the [[Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge]], the road bridge that crosses the [[Susquehanna River]] directly from the city. Many travelers reach Havre de Grace via [[Maryland Route 155]], which connects to nearby [[Interstate 95 in Maryland|Interstate 95]]. State highways serving the city include [[Maryland Route 7|Route 7]], [[Maryland Route 490|Route 490]], and [[Maryland Route 763|Route 763]]. ===Railroads=== Two [[railroad]] mainlines pass through Havre de Grace. More than 80 daily passenger trains on [[Amtrak]]'s busy [[Northeast Corridor]] speed through the city at {{convert|90|mph|0}} on an elevated line connected to the adjacent [[Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge]].<ref name=Trains06>{{cite web|last=Volin|first=Rudy|title=Perryville and Havre de Grace, Md.|date=July 6, 2006|work=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]|url=http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=532|access-date=March 10, 2009|archive-date=December 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204214928/http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=532|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[double track|double-track]] bridge was built by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] between 1904 and 1906 for its [[New York City]]β[[Washington, D.C.]] line. (The bridge replaced a wooden single-track railroad bridge, completed in 1866 by the [[Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad|Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad]], whose piers can still be seen from the city's David R. Craig Park.) The [[Philadelphia Subdivision]] of [[CSX Transportation]], originally built by the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]], carries a heavy volume of [[Freight rail transport|freight]] across the river on the [[CSX Susquehanna River Bridge]], rebuilt between 1907 and 1910, about {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=out|sigfig=|sp=us}} upstream of the Amtrak bridge.<ref name=Trains06 />
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