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The route crossed the Black Narrows and Chincoteague Channel via separate bridges which took the causeway across Marsh Island, landing in town between Mumford and Cleveland Streets. The former a fixed bridge, the latter a swing bridge , they were both removed in late 2010 after the construction of the new bridge.
The town includes the whole of Chincoteague Island and an area of adjacent water. The population was 3,344 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ] The town is a tourist gateway to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on adjacent Assateague Island , [ 6 ] the location of a popular recreational beach and home of the Virginia herd of Chincoteague Ponies .
On November 15, 1922, the causeway to Chincoteague Island was completed. Tolls were collected on the causeway until 1930. [6] The road between US 13 in Oak Hall and Chincoteague Island became a part of the state highway system as SR 520 in August 1928. [7] The route was extended onto Chincoteague Island in June 1930. [8]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Chincoteague Island: 13: Hills Farm: September 12, 2008 : 19065 Hills Farm Rd. Greenbush ...
Chincoteague Island. Chincoteague is the name of a town, and the barrier island on which it is located, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, in the United States. [1] The island is about 8 miles (13 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide. Sand forms its soil, with a thin layer of loam above it away from the water, enough to support pine trees and grass. [2]
Chincoteague Inlet is found lying between Assateague Island and Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. It is 30 miles south-southwestward from the Ocean City, MD Inlet. The approach has no sea buoy, however lighted buoy (R "2"), marking Chincoteague Shoals, is located ESE of the entrance at 37°47’25" N / 075°22’21" W, and can be ...
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Toms Cove Toms Cove Visitor Center Assateague Island. Toms Cove is an embayment on the southern end of Assateague Island in Virginia with the mouth near Chincoteague Inlet. [1] A U.S. Coast Guard station was located there. Toms Cove also contains the Toms Cove Visitor Center run by the U.S. National Park Service