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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: 2010
Caption:
Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. Marker | Additional Description: Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Total Project Cost, Building Time and Opening Dates
(No local, state or Federal tax money used)
North- $200,000,000 - 42 Months
Opened April 15, 1964
South- $250,000,000 - 46 Months
Opened April 19, 1999
Length
17.6 Miles Shore to Shore
Piles (support trestles)
North - 2,523
South - 2,591
North Channel Bridges
Each 3,780 Feet Long - 75 Feet Clearance
Fisherman Inlet Bridges
Each 460 Feet Long - 40 Feet Clearance
Depth of Water Along Route
25 to 100 Feet
Tunnel Lengths
Each 1 Mile Long
Additional tunnels planned in the futureSubmitted: December 31, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p141314
File Size: 0.252 Megabytes
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