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  2. Hampton Roads - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Hampton Roads Beltway - Wikipedia

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    The Hampton Roads Beltway is a loop of Interstate 64 and Interstate 664, which links the communities of the Virginia Peninsula and South Hampton Roads which surround the body of water known as Hampton Roads and comprise much of the region of the same name in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States.

  4. Hampton, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Hampton Roads Times serves as an online magazine for all the Hampton Roads cities and counties. Hampton is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the Hampton Roads area. [72] Hampton is also served by several television stations. The Hampton Roads designated market area (DMA) is the 42nd largest ...

  5. History of Hampton Roads - Wikipedia

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    The harbor area of Hampton Roads, from official state map of pre-civil war Virginia circa 1858. The history of Hampton Roads dates to 1607, when Jamestown was founded. Two wars have taken place in addition to many other historical events.

  6. South Hampton Roads - Wikipedia

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    South Hampton Roads is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia's Tidewater region in the United States with a total population of 1,177,742 [a] as of 2020. It is part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA ( Metropolitan Statistical Area ), which itself has a population of 1,780,059 as of 2020.

  7. Virginia Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Peninsula is highlighted in orange Virginia Peninsula This 1996 satellite photo shows Hampton Roads, with the lower (southeastern) end of Virginia Peninsula filling most of the top half of the image. The Virginia Peninsula is located in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay.

  8. Harmful algae is blooming around Hampton Roads waterways ...

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    That’s what’s known as an algal bloom, and there’s a proliferation of them around Hampton Roads right now, local environmentalists say. Using drones, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation captured ...

  9. Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel (HRBT) is a 3.5-mile-long (5.6 km) Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 64 (I-64) and US Route 60 (US 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.