Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is a combined tunnel in USA.
- Type: Combined
- Country: USA
- Length: 37 km
- Opened: 1964
Overview
Crossing of the mouth of Chesapeake Bay between Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore, mixing trestles, two immersed tunnels and high bridges. Named one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world by ASCE in 1965. A parallel tube opened in 1999.
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