Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park (formerly the Choptank River Fishing Pier) is a public recreation area on the

Choptank River The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and the largest river on the Delmarva Peninsula. Running for ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 20 ...

in Trappe, Maryland. The

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

preserves portions of the former Choptank River Bridge as a pier, and includes of land upriver from the pier in Talbot County. The fishing pier was created after the Emerson C. Harrington Bridge, which had been dedicated in 1935 by

President Franklin Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

, was replaced with the Frederick C. Malkus Bridge in 1987. In 2011, the pier was renamed to honor Bill Burton, a long-time outdoors writer and

Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula (including the parts: the ...

fishing advocate, who played a significant role in preserving the old bridge as a fishing pier when the new bridge was constructed.

References

External links

Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park Trail Map
Maryland Department of Natural Resources {{authority control Parks in Talbot County, Maryland Parks in Dorchester County, Maryland State parks of Maryland U.S. Route 50 Protected areas established in 1987 1987 establishments in Maryland