Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel

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bridge–tunnel complex transportation infrastructure

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel is a major 17.6-mile (28.3 km) engineering complex of bridges and tunnels that carries U.S. Route 13 across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, connecting Virginia’s Eastern Shore with the mainland near Norfolk.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel canonical	5
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bridge–tunnel complex ⓘ transportation infrastructure ⓘ
awarded	Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award ⓘ
awardedBy	American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ
awardYear	1965 ⓘ
carries	U.S. Route 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects	Hampton Roads ⓘ Norfolk ⓘ surface form: Norfolk metropolitan area Eastern Shore of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia Eastern Shore
constructionCost	approximately 200 million 1960s US dollars ⓘ
constructionStart	1960 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
design	immersed tube tunnel ⓘ low-level trestle ⓘ
engineeringDiscipline	civil engineering ⓘ
hasExpansion	parallel trestle project ⓘ
hasPart	artificial island ⓘ bridge ⓘ tunnel ⓘ
hasServiceArea	Sea Gull Island (former restaurant site) ⓘ
locatedIn	Virginia ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Atlantic coastal region ⓘ
locatedNear	Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States ⓘ surface form: Virginia Beach, Virginia
maintenanceResponsibility	Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District
notableFor	combination of bridges and tunnels ⓘ length ⓘ
numberOfArtificialIslands	4 ⓘ
numberOfLanes	2 ⓘ
numberOfTunnels	2 ⓘ
opened	1964 ⓘ
openedToTraffic	April 15, 1964 ⓘ
operator	Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District
owner	Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District
parallelTo	shipping channels of Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Route 13 corridor ⓘ
purpose	connect Virginia Eastern Shore with mainland Virginia ⓘ
regionServed	Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ Hampton Roads ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads region
roadType	toll road ⓘ
safetyFeature	storm evacuation route for Eastern Shore ⓘ
terminusNorth	Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ
terminusSouth	Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States ⓘ surface form: Virginia Beach, Virginia
toll	yes ⓘ
totalLength	17.6 miles ⓘ 28.3 kilometers ⓘ
trafficType	motor vehicles ⓘ
waterway	mouth of the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chesapeake Bay → crossedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ

Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area → hasTransportationInfrastructure → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ

Delmarva Peninsula → crossedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ

Southeastern Virginia → contains → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ

Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel → owner → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District

Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel → operator → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District

Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel → maintenanceResponsibility → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District

Eastern Shore of Virginia → connectedBy → Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ