Maryland transportation leaders are reassuring the public that it’s safe to drive across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, after a picture circulating on social media prompted some drivers to question whether there was an infrastructure issue.

The image, which Kimberly Hutson told WJZ News her husband took while he was fishing last weekend, includes a yellow circle drawn around a support structure that looks to be off-center. It shows a section of bridge’s westbound span.

But the Maryland Transportation Authority said in a statement that it inspected the pier and “confirmed that there is no indication of movement or distress at the location.”

The agency said the picture of the pier cap looks to be off center, but the bridge girders, “the key structural components supporting the span — are alig

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