General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road tunnel |
|---|---|
| Structure: |
Tunnel |
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge Road connection |
Location
| Location: |
Newport News, Virginia, USA Suffolk, Virginia, USA |
|---|---|
| Address: | Interstate I-664 |
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 36° 54' 6.42" N 76° 25' 23.89" W |
| Coordinates: | 36° 57' 45.55" N 76° 24' 44.24" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 7.4 km | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 2 | |
| bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| total length | 5.1 km | |
| tunnel | ||
| tunnel length | 1 463 m | |
| number of tubes | 2 | |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 400 000 000 |
Notes
The bridge-tunnel is named for the two ironclad warships which engaged in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads on March 8-9, 1862 during the US Civil War. The battle took place between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The latter ship had been rebuilt from the wreck of the USS Merrimack. The site of the battle was within approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) of the bridge-tunnel structure named by the State of Virginia as a memorial.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20022746 - Published on:
01/09/2006 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
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