Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
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chesapeake-bay-bridge-tunnel-207-17614942
title:
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
text:
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel is a 17.6-mile (28.3 km) bridge–tunnel that crosses the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay between Delmarva and Hampton Roads in the U.S. state of Virginia. It opened in 1962, replacing ferries that had operated since the 1930s. A major project to dualize its bridges was completed in 1999, and in 2017 a similar project was started to dualize one of its tunnels. With 12 miles (19 km) of bridges and two one-mile-long (1.6 km) tunnels, the CBBT is one of only 14 bridge–tun
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description:
Bridge–tunnel spanning the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge%E2%80%93Tunnel
date created:
2004-08-08T17:22:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T06:52:29Z
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