Thinking about cruise ships up the Potomac

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With the higher span of the Wilson Bridge, maybe cruise ships could come up the Potomac to Washington, DC, for day trips, just as cruise ships embark from or stop by for a visit in Baltimore, at a passenger terminal in Dundalk. A cruise ship terminal is being planned for Canton, which is just east of Fells Point.

(See this article from the Baltimore Sun, "Port launches cruise season: The first of 28 cruises from Baltimore to Bermuda and the Caribbean this year sets off from Dundalk, where nearly 2,000 passengers boarded the Grandeur of the Seas."

Caption: The Godspeed, a reproduction of a 17th-century ship, travels toward the Alexandria waterfront after passing under the new and old Woodrow Wilson bridges. Photo Credit: By James A. Parcell -- The Washington Post.

Rendering: Canton Crossing Cruise Ship Terminal, Baltimore. From Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani.