| Title | : | Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | John Warren |
| Release | : | 2015-08-31 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | U.S. History, Books, History, Professional & Technical, Engineering, Civil Engineering |
| Size | : | 26183951 |
| 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. |
