664N thru the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel MMMBT to Hampton

664N thru the MMMBT to Hampton
Interstate 664 is the 20.7-mile-long freeway that connects I-64 in Hampton to I-64/I-264 in Chesapeake, completed in April 1992. I-664 includes the 4.6-mile Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMMBT). The MMMBT cost $400 million to build, and it includes a four-lane tunnel that is 4,800 feet long, two man-made portal islands, and 3.2 miles of twin trestle. Northbound on the MMMBT is one of the most spectacular views on any road I know of; Hampton Roads makes a "V" with one branch to your ten o'clock, and the other branch to your two o'clock. You see an enormous expanse of water, left, right, and ahead of you, with the landfall of the Peninsula dead ahead. On the ten o'clock branch, you see the Newport News Marine Terminal and Shipyards, on the two o'clock branch, you see the Norfolk Naval Base. Typically, you will see a couple Nimitz-class aircraft carriers moored in the distance, and many other ships. Another nice feature, is that the MMMBT is toll-free. The name comes from the fact that the duel between the two Civil War ironclads was fought less than a mile from the where the tunnel is today.

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[BigBoyO56]

Nice dude i have a video of the Monniter Merrimac 2 to be excat

[Speedy94Retta]

Nice video! I like the MMMBT but I also really like driving the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. And I said, "WHAT?!?!?" when you did when I heard what was said on that Sirius XM talk show. I find it a highly inappropriate procedure.

Anyway, nice video again! Now I can't wait to drive through it again on my way to Nags Head in June!

[Aperollisagenius]

This still scares me, I hyperventilated the first time I went through it! I have to go back and try again by myself!

[ShadowChaos64]

Saw it, tunnnel is still ugly.

[risewiththeFALLEN94]

memories

[Clayton0001]

I really need to get back to VA!

[denelson83]

You would have not lost the radio signal if you were listening to a conventional terrestrial radio. A system in the tunnel repeats all AM and FM radio frequencies, but not satellite radio. Another video I saw on YouTube of someone listening to radio through the tunnel had that person listening to satellite radio as well.

[stuckybowl]

Interesting video, thanks for posting it.

Also, I love hearing American radio stations---they always remind me of GTA: SA now!!!