Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel
The Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel is a 3.5-mile-long Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 64 and US Route 60. It is a four-lane facility comprising bridges, trestles, artificial islands, and tunnels under the main shipping channels for Hampton Roads harbor in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United States of America
- Also known as: “Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Point Light and Casemate Museum.
Old Point Light
Lighthouse
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Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use. Old Point Light is situated 1 mile north of Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel.
Casemate Museum
Museum
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Casemate Museum is situated 1 mile north of Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel.
Quarters 1
Historic building
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Quarters 1, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The original section was built in 1819, and consists of a three-story, central block, double pile residence with flanking, two-story wings in the Federal style. Quarters 1 is situated 1 mile north of Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Phoebus.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument.
Phoebus
Suburb
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Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News. Phoebus is situated 2 miles north of Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel.
Kecoughtan
Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. Kecoughtan is situated 2½ miles northwest of Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel.
Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel
- Categories: bridge–tunnel and transportation
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “汉普顿路桥隧”
- Chinese: “漢普頓錨地隧橋”
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