Don’t even thinking about trying to get over to Ocean City any time soon.

Well, unless you go through Delaware and add hours of extra driving time on to your trip. Oh, but that’s if you travel at the new recommended time — after 10 p.m.

Consider the Bay Bridge dead.

Ever since a tractor trailer driver crashed through a barrier wall and plunged to his death in the waters below on August 10, news about the bay bridge has been getting worse every day.

First, it was about the corrosion in those barrier walls, also known as “jersey walls.” We were told to expect major traffic delays, as The (Annapolis) Capital explains, because one of the lanes will be closed down to allow for inspections of the walls.

Then, it’s a debate about whether two-way traffic should be allowed on the bridge, as WTOP reports. You know, because that’s what caused the fatal accident a couple weeks ago.

Now, two bits of news are breaking today.

We have a Baltimore Sun report that a well-known lawmaker on the Eastern Shore, E.J. Pipken, says he doesn’t have any faith in the ongoing inspection because inspections before determined the bridge was safe, even though the braces in the walls were corroding all along. (This may cause traffic problems to go on even longer considering an outside investigation with likely be even more exhausting.)

And now there’s also news, as the Washington Post reports, that two-way traffic on the bridge is stopped because of inclement weather. In other words, poor visibility caused by rain.

This whole situation would be absolutely hilarious if it wasn’t days before the Labor Day holiday weekend, when thousands of people plan to use the Bay Bridge. Oh, and except for the fact that people actually live on Kent Island and now have to deal with this bungled investigation whenever they want to get away.

So, congratulations Maryland Transportation Authority. You officially look like a bunch of chickens running around with your heads cut off. Except these are chickens that people trust every day with their lives to get across Maryland’s roads and bridges safely.

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