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Bridge–tunnel Completion Country Location Body/ies of water Notes Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel: 1957 United States Norfolk and Hampton, Virginia Hampton Roads: Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel: 1964 United States Virginia Beach and Northampton County, Virginia Chesapeake Bay: Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel: 1967 Canada
The Washburn Tunnel is a two-lane underwater motor-vehicle tunnel connecting Galena Park and Pasadena, two suburbs of Houston, Texas. Completed in 1950, it travels north-south underneath the Houston Ship Channel. It was named after Harris County, Texas Auditor Harry L. Washburn. It is the largest and first toll-free vehicular tunnel in the ...
Bobby Hopper Tunnel, twin tunnels, Interstate 49, Washington County; Cotter Tunnel, rail tunnel under US 62, MNA Railroad, northwest of Cotter, Marion County; Crest Tunnel, rail tunnel under State Highway 14, MNA Railroad, northwest of Omaha, Boone County
On January 21, 1970, the USS Yancey, a United States Navy attack cargo ship carrying 250 people, [29] was at anchor near the bridge–tunnel. During a gale with winds gusting in excess of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), the Yancey dragged its anchors and hit the bridge stern first, knocking out a 375-foot (114 m) segment of trestle.
A Soviet tank crosses the Khalkhyn Gol river, August 1939. An underwater bridge is a military structure that was employed during World War II and the Korean War.. Underwater bridges, typically constructed of logs, sand and dirt just beneath the surface of the water in a river or similar narrow body of water, allow heavier vehicles to cross the river driving through only shallow water.
The Baytown Tunnel or Baytown – La Porte Tunnel was a two-lane underwater motor-vehicle tunnel connecting Baytown and La Porte, two suburbs of Houston, Texas.Completed in 1953, [1] it traveled northeast-southwest underneath the Houston Ship Channel and had a length of 4,110 feet (1,250 m). [2]
List of toll bridges § United States; Category:Lists of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record; Category:Lists of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places; Category:Lists of river crossings in the United States; Other topics. Transport in the United States; Rail transportation in the United States; High-speed ...
This category includes articles on individual bridges found within the United States, subcategorized by the state in which it is located. Bridges that connect states are found in several subcategories.