Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel

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The Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel is a major vehicular crossing in southeastern Virginia that combines bridges and tunnels to carry Interstate 64 beneath the Hampton Roads harbor between the Virginia Peninsula and the city of Norfolk.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge–tunnel complex ⓘ
road tunnel ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
alsoCarries U.S. Route 60 (concurrent in segment) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 60
carries Interstate 64 ⓘ
cityServed Hampton, Virginia ⓘ
Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
connects Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Hampton Roads harbor ⓘ
expanded 1976 ⓘ
expansionGoal increase capacity and reduce congestion ⓘ
expansionProject Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel Expansion ⓘ
expansionStatus under construction in the 2020s ⓘ
function vehicular traffic crossing ⓘ
geographicContext southeastern Virginia ⓘ
hasToll no (original and long-term operation) ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
locatedIn Hampton Roads ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedNear Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
Portsmouth, Virginia ⓘ
maintainedBy Virginia Department of Transportation ⓘ
notableFor first bridge–tunnel complex in the United States on an Interstate route ⓘ
notableIssue traffic congestion ⓘ
numberOfBridgeSections 2 ⓘ
numberOfLanes 4 ⓘ
numberOfTunnels 2 ⓘ
opened 1957 ⓘ
originalOpeningDate November 1, 1957 ⓘ
owner Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
partOf Hampton Roads transportation network ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads

Interstate 64 ⓘ
U.S. Interstate Highway System ⓘ
partOfCorridor I-64 corridor between Virginia Peninsula and South Hampton Roads ⓘ
precededBy ferry service across Hampton Roads ⓘ
purpose to carry Interstate 64 beneath Hampton Roads harbor ⓘ
regionServed Hampton Roads metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads
roadDesignation I-64 ⓘ
linked to: Interstate 64
role primary crossing between Virginia Peninsula and Norfolk ⓘ
structureType bridge ⓘ
tunnel ⓘ
trafficDirection bidirectional ⓘ
transportMode motor vehicles ⓘ
tunnelType immersed tube tunnel ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norfolk, Virginia → connectedBy → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Virginia Peninsula → connectedBy → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel → parallelTo → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel → expansionProject → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel Expansion ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel
Southeastern Virginia → contains → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Hampton → hasTransportation → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
City of Norfolk → connectedBy → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Old Point Comfort → near → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Hampton, Virginia → hasTransportationInfrastructure → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Portsmouth metropolitan area → hasTransportationLink → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
James River estuary → hasMajorBridge → Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel
South Hampton Roads → hasTransportationInfrastructure → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Hampton Roads Beltway → hasStructure → Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ