the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel was built on april 15, 1964.
when was the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel built?
april 15 , 1964
the chesapeake bay bridge–tunnel (cbbt) is a bridge–tunnel crossing at the mouth of the chesapeake bay, the hampton roads harbor, and nearby mouths of the james and elizabeth rivers in the american state of virginia. it connects northampton county on the delmarva peninsula and eastern shore with virginia beach, norfolk, chesapeake, and portsmouth on the western shore and south side / tidewater which are part of the hampton roads metropolitan area of eight close cities around the harbor's shores and peninsula. the bridge–tunnel originally combined of trestle, two 1-mile-long (1.6 km) tunnels, four artificial islands, four high-level bridges, approximately of causeway, and of northeast and southwest approach roads—crossing the chesapeake bay and preserving traffic on the thimble shoals and chesapeake dredged shipping channels leading to the atlantic. it replaced vehicle ferry services that operated from south hampton roads and from the virginia peninsula since the 1930s. financed by toll revenue bonds, the bridge–tunnel was opened on april 15, 1964, and remains one of only ten bridge–tunnel systems in the world, three of which are located in the water dominated hampton roads area of tidewater virginia.
chesapeake bay bridge–tunnel
at its southern tip, the delmarva peninsula is now connected to virginia beach and hampton roads, virginia, via the chesapeake bay bridge-tunnel which opened in 1964. the bridge tunnel is owned and administered by the chesapeake bay bridge and tunnel district. the chesapeake bay bridge-tunnel currently has a $13.00 (us) toll for single private vehicles ($5.00 for return within 24 hours) and is patrolled by the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel police department.









































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