The Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel – Newport News, Virginia

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This is the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel in Newport News, VA. It carries Interstate 664 over and under the James River between Newport News and Suffolk.

It opened in 1992 and the portals feature some very late Brutalist architecture.

The Bridge-Tunnel was named after the battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, also known as the Battle of Hampton Roads.

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