Transportation in Hampton Roads - Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Interstate 64 in Virginia, Hampton Roads Transit (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Interstate 64 in Virginia, Hampton Roads Transit, Norfolk International Airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport, James River Bridge, Tide Light Rail, Jordan Bridge, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Interstate 264, Jamestown Ferry, Hampton Roads Transportation Authority, Hampton Roads Beltway, Interstate 664, George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, Virginia State Route 164, Midtown Tunnel, Interstate 564, Berkley Bridge, Interstate 464, Chesapeake Expressway, Downtown Tunnel, Gilmerton Bridge, High Rise Bridge, Dominion Boulevard Steel Bridge. Excerpt: Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk-Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States. Hampton Roads is notable for its year-round ice-free harbor, for United States Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, NASA, Marines, and Army facilities, shipyards, coal piers, and hundreds of miles of waterfront property and beaches, all of which contribute to the diversity and stability of the region's economy. The water area known as Hampton Roads is one of the world's biggest natural harbors (more accurately a roadstead or "roads"), and incorporates the mouths of the Elizabeth River and James River with several smaller rivers and itself empties into the Chesapeake Bay near its mouth leading to the Atlantic Ocean. The skyline of Norfolk, the region's urban center.The land area (also known as "Tidewater") includes dozens of cities, counties and towns on the Virginia Peninsula and in South Hampton Roads. Some of the more outlying areas from the harbor may or may not be included as part of "Hampton Roads," depending upon the organization or purpose. For a commonly used example, as defined for federal economic purposes, the Hamp...