Comments on: The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel

By: john jacob

john jacob — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:22:52 +0000

There are many bridge tunnels around the hampton roads area: CBBT, HRBT,
Midtown, and the Downtown tunnels. The CBBT is 17.5 mi. long and the oldest. 3.5 mi. from VA Beach there’s a restaurant and fishing pier on the first island of the CBBT.

P.S. B.R.A.G. has closed Fort Monroe.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:53:48 +0000

Hi, I live in the Hampton Roads area and came across your site. That little island is, indeed, Ft Wool, as indicated above by another reader.

http://www.geocities.com/hrforts/Fort_Wool/

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is actuall 18 miles long.
When Ft Monroe closes, we hope they keep it as a museum, as it is now. Yes, it is an active Army Post now, but part of it is a museum.
http://147.248.251.93/monroe/sites/local/default.asp

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:34:31 +0000

Looking around the area with the Hybrid on, you can see eBay Bloulevard… I guess you really can buy anythin on eBay. Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Vinced

Vinced — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:25:44 +0000

Yes that is Fort Monroe. And it is on the closure list. The city of Hampton is looking at what to do with it once it closes. The battle of the Iron Clads happened just of shore from the fort. If memory serves me, Jefferson Davis was inprisoned at the fort.

By: me

me — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:29:00 +0000

From wiki: “The reason the bridge has a tunnel instead of a more cost effective drawbridge to allow the passage of boats is because if destroyed in wartime it would not block off the coming and going of military vessels.”

cold war paranoia, anyone?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:08:08 +0000

Fort Monroe is currently active, but is on the current base closure list. The very interesting part is that they were trying to save the installation from closure by drawing attention to the fact that with a moat and thick walls, the location is extremely suitable for office buildings that require high levels of physical security!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:49:12 +0000

Alex – thanks
Lurlock – darn! I went into Map mode for street names but didn’t go back enough notches.. thanks for pointing it out!

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:58:50 +0000

Chris-- Active military installation, but according to Wikipedia, the original fort was built in 1834.

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:11:53 +0000

Is Fort Monroe still an active US Military base or a park? Either way the Trace Italiane design is very beautiful.

By: MatB

MatB — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:09:43 +0000

You can see some naval ships south west of the tunnel. Some are aircraft carriers.

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