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Andrew Hepburn, in his 1965 book Great Resorts of North America [8], says that the resort was built on a site called the old Ashburn Farm. Stephens used local timber, including walnut paneling from trees on the farm and cypress paneling from a nearby swamp, hauled to Irvington by oxcart .
From the Native American word Accawmack, meaning "on the other side", referencing the county's position across Chesapeake Bay: 33,239: 455 sq mi (1,178 km 2) Albemarle County: 003: Charlottesville: 1744: In 1744, the Virginia General Assembly created Albemarle County by taking the northern portion of Goochland County.
Mathews County hosts the annual Tour De Chesapeake (due to its lack of hills except for the north section of the county near the Mathews-Gloucester border). The bicycling event is a benefit for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. [25] The community also sponsors Mathews Market Days, featuring local artists such as P. Buckley Moss.
The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware.
The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, United States. It was formed by a bolide that struck the eastern shore of North America about 35.5 ± 0.3 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch. It is one of the best-preserved "wet-target" impact craters in the world. [3]
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, connecting the eastern and western shores of Maryland was completed in 1952. Length of the suspension span is 2,922 feet and the roadway is about 200 feet above water at ...
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge spans 4.35 miles (7.00 km) of the Chesapeake Bay, and at the time of construction in 1952, was the longest continuous over-water steel structure. [24] A second parallel span was added in 1973 and a third has been discussed, most recently in 2006. A third span would not open, according to state officials, until about 2025.
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 on I-664: City of Portsmouth: 1.33: 2.14: 2: Greenwood Drive