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The Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel (MMMBT) is the 4.6-mile-long (7.4 km) Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 664 (I-664) in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States. It is a four-lane bridge–tunnel composed of bridges , trestles, artificial islands , and tunnels under a portion of the Hampton Roads harbor where ...
The term "Hampton Roads" is a centuries-old designation that originated when the region was a struggling English outpost nearly four hundred years ago.. The word "Hampton" honors one of the founders of the Virginia Company of London and a great supporter of the colonization of Virginia, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
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I-64 on the Hampton Roads Beltway, north of I-264. Even before Interstate 64 was built beginning in 1958, from some of the earliest planning stages, there were hopes of a circumferential highway to Interstate highway standards for the Hampton Roads region. Some proposals envisioned state and local and/or toll funding if necessary to achieve ...
Harmful algae is blooming around Hampton Roads waterways, threatening recreation and marine life Katherine Hafner, The Virginian-Pilot August 27, 2021 at 10:59 AM
Location mi [1] [2] km Old exit New exit Destinations Notes; City of Chesapeake: 0.00: 0.00: I-64 west (Hampton Roads Beltway) – Chesapeake, Virginia Beach I-664 north (Hampton Roads Beltway) to US 13 / US 58 / US 460 – Bowers Hill, Suffolk, Richmond: Western terminus; eastern terminus and exit 299A on I-64; southern terminus and exit 15A ...
This view from space in July 1996 shows the majority of the Hampton Roads region which generally surround the harbor area of Hampton Roads, which framed by the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel visible to the east (right), the Virginia Peninsula subregion to the north (top), and the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel to the west (left) and the 3 branches of the Elizabeth River which drain into ...
The road was built to lead northbound traffic from I-64 and the HRBT to downtown Newport News. The interchange at I-64 was rebuilt as a partial stack interchange in 1980. I-664 was completed in sections by 1989, between Aberdeen Road and the 26th/27th street exit ramps in downtown Newport News.