Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel 1964 construction in Virginia

[@maryhill4079]

My brother was deep sea diver on the construction of this bridge tunnel. I have beautiful ap news photos of him in full diver suit. Beautiful pictures being suited up. It was a very dangerous job!!!

[@charlesbuyrn2097]

My grandfather helped design this bridge

[@goodgirlvicki]

Awesome!

[@MrWTF83]

Lies

[@thomasdudley4558]

This is an engineering miracle

[@DroneUpp]

I have crossed this bridge many times during my naval career (1976-1984) to go home on weekend passes and vacation! I've seen difficult and hazardous days crossing it during major storms, especially snow storms! Not a fun place to be at those times! After leaving the navy, I only crossed it a few times when it was still a single causeway. Four years ago was the first time I had returned to Norfolk for my Navy Ship's Reunion and realized that the bridge had been expanded to TWO causeways much to my surprise!! I thought I was seeing double!!! I thank the engineers and builders of this magnificent TWIN span! It allowed me to cross safely each time. Kudos!

[@decarlosexum7238]

They used to build stuff back in the day I love this

[@amytalbert4953]

I've always found this bridge fascinating. I went across/through it when I was 4 yrs old and I'm almost 50 and I remember it like it was yesterday. I've always wanted to go back.

[@Pickledsundae]

Having lived in Virginia Beach my whole life, it's amazing how this beauty of a bridge was built so long ago!

[@19AGJ86]

I drove across it in Jan 2017 during the snow storm at night, scary! That black water looked so menacing!

[@Xsiondu]

25 years! 25 years! I have been looking for this 2:46 section where the rotary process for making the piles is shown. Thank goodness for this video.

[@JamesPilkenton-se5cx]

I spent many months working on this bridge in 1986/87. It was dirty tiresome work but you couldn't beat the view. Plenty of fresh air.

[@eddietavaresjr.4773]

In 1964 jobs like this must of made good money and job security and benefits was all time important in those days.

[@orrico78]

When I was little my family drove me over this during hurricane bertha. It was pretty crazy

[@bigrich1381]

I drove this many times. Much safer now that there are two bridges. Always pay the round trip if you can. It’s cheaper.

[@scottiefc]

He said Norfolk is home to the biggest naval base on the east coast.. wrong...Norfolk naval is the biggest base there is. They call it the Atlantic fleet.

[@bigrich1381]

C. Patrick Biggest Naval Base in the world! That’s right.

[@sarahholmes6281]

I've been on That Naval Base. My Husband was Stationed on the USS Plymonth Rock Decommissioned in the early 80's. 😊

[@tammywines9789]

The year I was built 1964 !!

[@earlfisherjr.65]

GIVE ME A FERRY BOAT ANY DAY . IT GIVES A NICE BREAK FROM DRIVING . I LOVE GOING ACROSS DELAWARE BAY ON THE CAPE MAY LEWES FERRY.

[@jamiejenkins5643]

Yeah unfortunately you can leave Virginia and within the first 20 minutes you can have bad weather and your ferry ride can get very deadly

[@douglaslally156]

Drove it several times. It's not for everyone. On a hazy day when you can't see either shore and all you have is a strip of asphalt surrounded by ocean, yeah it's a little trippy.

[@Chichilovee]

Douglas Lally yeah I don’t think that sounds very appealing.

[@WilliamGandy-rj5ub]

I have always searched for the perfect word to describe going over this engineering marvel Trippy is definitely a good one. Traveling it definitely evokes a feeling of mortal smallness and vunerability.

[@likemussolini4848]

Ahh dope they have a Blue monster helping them build the new lanes to the HRBT

[@DianeHasHopeInChrist]

Amazing bridge/tunnel. Having lived in Norfolk, VA while attending Old Dominion university, I remember the elderly couple that stopped in the middle of the bridge to take photos & killed a truck driver that drove off the bridge, to avoid hitting them. The driver have his life to save theirs. THAT'S why old people should not have a driver's license, after the age of 70-72 yrs old. Sad.

[@vondellsanders3872]

They should have never stopped on that bridge.

[@ncdave4life]

If that's really what happened, then I agree that stopping to take pictures was obviously illegal, stupid, and dangerous. But that has nothing to do with the car driver's age, and it is the responsibility of *_every_* driver, including that truck driver, to ensure that he can stop his vehicle in time to avoid hitting a stopped vehicle in front of him. *_Always._* No exceptions.

[@bigrich1381]

David Burton You’re about a dumb fuck. Those big trucks weigh many tons & cant stop on a dime like cars. They have more rights than cars because of their sheer weight. Stopping on a bridge is stupid & that trucker gave his life to save those two old farts. So don’t talk about him.

[@melodymclaughlin640]

Was that the guy from Greenville, NC? Or another accident?

[@triciathornton807]

Lucky2016 Charms2016 another accident

[@jamiejenkins5643]

It's a beautiful drive but I think the toll is like 16.00 bucks now . Maybe a little cheaper or a little more..

[@CaptCrewSock]

Ahh Yes the good old days when the History Channel was actually about History, even tho this is a damaged copy of the original airing its far better then the dumpster fire the network has become today.

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

The Big D, Two-Headed Monster, and Slabsetter. What a team. Also, what the hell is with the cuts in between certain parts of the video?

[@toploadtele]

So what holds the "Cap" in place?

[@BalwinderSingh-kg6ew]

God bless god bless god bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@tomwallace1513]

They don't mention the dead fish that covered the beaches at Bayview for weeks. We used to fish there a lot but the fishing never recovered.

[@ncdave4life]

Very interesting video, but what's with all the gaps? There are somewhere around 1½ dozen parts of this show missing, plus nearly a minute of "dead air" at the end.

[@histguy101]

It's from pausing the VHS recording during commercial breaks.

[@user-yy2bb6bi3z]

This was when America built huge things without caring about some turtle habitat or a dumb frog.

[@killerorca1]

like bridge/tunnel more the bay bridge in Annapolis

[@tThetodd9182]

is this the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel or the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel?

[@stevations]

It is the one that cost fifteen dollars each way

[@slowrollinlow2313]

Todd Chris this is Chesapeake...you can see the Hampton roads across the bay if your heading south bound on cbbt.

[@bigrich1381]

Todd Chris The only two dumb questions is the one you don’t ask & that one. LOL

[@mountianguy108]

Why does it cut out and have missing dialog

[@stevations]

At what minute mark / marks does this happen? One reason could be that it was recorded 30 years ago on a vhs tape.

[@ncdave4life]

All through the video. There are approximately eighteen "splices" where parts of this show are missing, and nearly a minute of "dead air" at the end.

[@QuiveringNow]

Agreed. It happens throughout the video.

[@rafiekwalker856]

stevations this was made in the late 90s. No history channel in the 80s

[@slabbinonspokezz2375]

Fucking millienials. Its on vhs. Believe it or not it was only a few years ago when we werent dependant on this technology and just wasting it for a perceptions of luxary. Gotta have the latest iphone. Cant live without your phone. Im just glad i didnt come up in this millenial era because when shit hits the fan and electronics dnt work or power goes out most of you wnt be able to deal with the old school manula way of doing things. Idk like actually getting off your ass and go shopping.