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Additionally, a connection to the City of Newport News and the Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) public transit bus system is provided on Route 1 serving U.S. Route 60 east by traveling into the western edge of Newport News and meeting 2 HRT's Routes at Lee Hall, Virginia. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 1,382,600, or about 5,000 per weekday ...
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.
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), incorporated on October 1, 1999, began through the voluntary merger of PENTRAN (Peninsula Transportation District Commission) on the Virginia Peninsula and TRT (Tidewater Regional Transit a.k.a. Tidewater Transit District Commission) in South Hampton Roads and currently serves over 22 million annual passengers within its 369-square-mile (960 km 2) service area ...
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 ...
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.
Map of the Hampton Roads Beltway The Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel. About a mile (1.6 km) before the southern interchange with State Route 199 (SR 199), I-64 becomes a six-lane divided highway as it continues toward Hampton Roads.
NORTH HAMPTON — Vertex Towers received a one-year extension to begin construction on a 150-foot cell tower off Mill Road, which aims to alleviate "dead zones" along Route 1. The town's Planning ...
STAR Transit is operated by the Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission and overseen by a board of directors composed of appointees from each county's board of supervisors. [1] STAR Transit's daily operations are managed by Virginia Regional Transit. The fare for all fixed-route services is $0.50.