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Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel
South Hampton Roads Virginia
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel
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Part of Virginia's I-664, the 4.6-mile Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel includes a four-lane tunnel that is 4,800 feet long, two man-made portal islands, and 3.2 miles of twin trestle. It cost $400 million to build.
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Landmark Trivia
- It connects the independent cities of Newport News on the Virginia Peninsula and Suffolk in South Hampton Roads and is part of the Hampton Roads Beltway.
- Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMMBT) is the 4.6 mile-long (7.4 km) Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 664. It is a four-lane bridge-tunnel comprised of bridges, trestles, man-made islands, and tunnels under a portion of the Hampton Roads harbor where the James, Nansemond, and Elizabeth Rivers come together in South Hampton Roads, in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States.
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