Exits to nowhere: Key Bridge highway signs haunt us — and hint at road to recovery

The bridge is gone, but the highway signs lead there. Follow them. Take the beltway south past I-95 and Rt. 40 to the split for Essex. A sign for the Key Bridge leads right. The traffic lightens. The speed limit’s 55. Cross above the marshy Back River. The inner loop bends around this elbow of land. Pass under Cove and Beachwood roads.