Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. / John Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warren, John (Local historian), author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bridges--Virginia--History--Pictorial works.

Bridges.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Va.)--History--Pictorial works.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Va.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

At its opening in 1964, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was named one of the "Five Wonders of the Modern World" by Reader's Digest magazine. It was the culmination of a concerted, decade-long push by a group of men, led by Lucius J. Kellam Jr., an Eastern Shore native and businessman who dreamed of opening up the remote Eastern Shore to the bustling Virginia mainland. This $200-million, 17.6-mile-long series of bridges, tunnels, islands, and trestle in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay - long dismissed as impractical and even impossible - won the attention of the world at its opening. It also brought an abrupt end to the ferry service that was long a cornerstone of the New York-to-Florida "Ocean Highway, " shuttling millions of cars between the Eastern Shore and Hampton Roads.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439653074

1439653070