On April 15, 1964, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel opened to traffic, joining Virginias Eastern shore with the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area. It became the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world, spanning a shore to shore distance of 17½ miles, after just 42 months of construction. It replaced the ferries, and made a direct road route across the bay 95 miles shorter than a road trip around the coast. The project included more than 12 miles of low-level roadway trestle, two one-mile tunnels, two bridges, almost two miles of causeway, and four manmade islands. Each tunnel ran between a pair of manmade islands in the middle of the bay, designed to provide a wide water surface openings above for large ship traffic. Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. is recognised as the key member of the Commission responsible for its undertaking.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:48:56 +0000
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