Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel

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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel is a major 17.6-mile (28.3 km) engineering complex of bridges and tunnels that carries U.S. Route 13 across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, connecting Virginia’s Eastern Shore with the mainland near Norfolk.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge–tunnel complex ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
awarded Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award ⓘ
awardedBy American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ
awardYear 1965 ⓘ
carries U.S. Route 13 ⓘ
connects Hampton Roads ⓘ
Norfolk metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Norfolk

Virginia Eastern Shore ⓘ
constructionCost approximately 200 million 1960s US dollars ⓘ
constructionStart 1960 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
design immersed tube tunnel ⓘ
low-level trestle ⓘ
engineeringDiscipline civil engineering ⓘ
hasExpansion parallel trestle project ⓘ
hasPart artificial island ⓘ
bridge ⓘ
tunnel ⓘ
hasServiceArea Sea Gull Island (former restaurant site) ⓘ
locatedIn Virginia ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic coastal region ⓘ
locatedNear Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Beach, Virginia ⓘ
maintenanceResponsibility Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District ⓘ
notableFor combination of bridges and tunnels ⓘ
length ⓘ
numberOfArtificialIslands 4 ⓘ
numberOfLanes 2 ⓘ
numberOfTunnels 2 ⓘ
opened 1964 ⓘ
openedToTraffic April 15, 1964 ⓘ
operator Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District ⓘ
owner Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District ⓘ
parallelTo shipping channels of Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
partOf U.S. Route 13 corridor ⓘ
purpose connect Virginia Eastern Shore with mainland Virginia ⓘ
regionServed Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ
Hampton Roads region ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads
roadType toll road ⓘ
safetyFeature storm evacuation route for Eastern Shore ⓘ
terminusNorth Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
terminusSouth Virginia Beach, Virginia ⓘ
toll yes ⓘ
totalLength 17.6 miles ⓘ
28.3 kilometers ⓘ
trafficType motor vehicles ⓘ
waterway mouth of the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ

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Chesapeake Bay → crossedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Delmarva Peninsula → crossedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Southeastern Virginia → contains → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel → owner → Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel → operator → Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel → maintenanceResponsibility → Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
Eastern Shore of Virginia → connectedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Cape Charles, Virginia → near → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
U.S. Route 13 corridor → includesCrossing → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
U.S. Route 13 corridor → includesFacility → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Sea Gull Island (former restaurant site) → partOf → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Sea Gull Island (former restaurant site) → positionAlong → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Sea Gull Island (former restaurant site) → ownedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
U.S. Route 13 → crosses → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
Northampton County, Virginia → locatedAtNorthernEndOf → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → uses → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → passesOver → Chesapeake Bay via Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → bridgeTunnelComponent → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel causeways ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → bridgeTunnelComponent → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel bridges ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → bridgeTunnelComponent → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel tunnels ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → bridgeTunnelComponent → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel artificial islands ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
U.S. Route 13 in Virginia → isTollRoadOn → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel segment ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
Eastern Virginia → transportationCorridor → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Virginia