I-64 & I-664 - Hampton Roads Beltway - FULL Loop ALL Exits - Norfolk - Virginia - Highway Drive
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ส.ค. 2020
- A morning drive around the complete inner loop of the Hampton Roads Beltway in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Includes the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, the Monitor Merrimac Bridge-Tunnel, and the full route of I-664. This route passes through parts of the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Newport News, Suffolk, and Hampton, Virginia.
Filmed: August 2020
From Wikipedia:
The Hampton Roads Beltway is a loop of Interstate 64 and Interstate 664, which links the communities of the Virginia Peninsula and South Hampton Roads which surround the body of water known as Hampton Roads and comprise much of the region of the same name in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States. It crosses the harbor of Hampton Roads at two locations on large four-laned bridge-tunnel facilities: the eastern half carries Interstate 64 (and U.S. Route 60) and uses the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel and the western half carries Interstate 664 and uses the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel. The beltway has the clockwise direction (as looking down at a map of the area) signed as the Inner Loop, and the counter-clockwise direction signed as the Outer Loop. The entire beltway, including the bridge-tunnels, is owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Even before Interstate 64 was built beginning in 1958, from some of the earliest planning stages, there were hopes of a circumferential highway to Interstate highway standards for the Hampton Roads region. Some proposals envisioned state and local and/or toll funding if necessary to achieve that goal.
Indeed, the first two-laned portion of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel was built with toll revenue bond funding in 1957 prior to the creation of I-64. It carried U.S. Route 60 and State Route 168 designations, and tied in with the new Tidewater Drive in Norfolk. (Tolls were removed when the other two lanes and tunnel were built adjacently to the immediate south of the older structure with federal Interstate Highway funding in the mid 1970s.)
Building of Interstate 64 was the first priority in the region, and a portion of Interstate 264 through Portsmouth connecting with the Downtown Tunnel was completed even as I-64 finally reached its eastern terminus at Bower's Hill in Norfolk County (which became the City of Chesapeake in 1963).
I-64, the portion of the Hampton Roads Beltway which was completed first, makes a huge 35-mile (56 km) long arc around the area, from Hampton through portions of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Chesapeake and around Portsmouth to reach Bower's Hill at the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp.
It was a number of years before the newer I-664 portion was built. The 21-mile (34 km) roadway connects with I-64 at Bower's Hill in Chesapeake and crosses through portions of Portsmouth and Suffolk to cross Hampton Roads via the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel and then pass through eastern Newport News to reconnect with I-64 in Hampton. This completed the loop in 1992.
In January, 1997, a 56-mile (90 km)-long I-64/I-664 loop was designated by the Virginia Department of Transportation (and signed) as the Hampton Roads Beltway.
I call this region Home and I loved driving at night on the 64s. I would start in Hampton by buying myself a drink, go thru the HRBt, circle around and return by driving thru the MMMBT.listened to driving music, of course!🎉
Miss living out there! 💗💗😥😥💘💘
I miss my home town Hampton
I live two hours up the road in Richmond. I could visit the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area anytime.
@@pjwilliams3406 Ain’t U Lucky To Be Living In Richmond, Virginia
@@pjwilliams3406 U Live On The East South OR West Side Of Richmond, Virginia
@@thiebaude I Take It That U Moved Away From Hampton,Virginia
You should have had a mention in the video title saying if the view was inner loop/clockwise or outer loop/counterclockwise. This is my first time viewing this and it took me a few exits to realize which direction this was going.
That 1st bridge remind me of the bridge in Michigan on interstate 75 the Mackinac bridge and I remember that second bridge with the tunnel
I missing this places
Wow! That is the epitome of a parking lot on the opposite side of I64😳
Like that every day
i went to hampton this year but its been 2012 since i been there 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
I always say the craziest part of I-64 down there is there is a good portion that east goes west and west goes east.
I ran 5km on the treadmill watching this 😁
The worst part of the big loop 🔁 is getting from Hampton to Nawhfek & vise versa , merging traffic doesn’t work in this area and lately people are scared to drive through the HRBT
What Part Of Hampton, Virginia Is The Big Looping Bridge U Preferring To On The Highway
@@tameikabrown Well 64 From Hampton to Norfolk sucks , you have multiple lanes in Hampton dwindling down to 2 lanes , not to bright , then 64 Norfolk to Hampton you just have 2 lanes and merging traffic from O V ( people think 🤔 there cute and cut through WILLIBY to get to the tunnel and that causes congestion because yet again we can’t merge 🤦♂️🤬 ) And please don’t get me started about the people who are scared 😱 to drive thru the tunnel
I love this video
Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it!
Can u make more of these
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I really enjoy this. Thank you for sharing. Please do move. 🥰🙏🌹🦋❤️
You’re welcome
2:15-3:05 I-64 Drawbridge
I actually know this route. I mean. I'm not from Virginia, But I have some family members that live out here.
What Part Of Virginia UR Family From
@@tameikabrown I got some from Hampton and Arlington.
Wow
When Driving To Hampton,Virginia Do U Keep Going Past The Richmond , Virginia Exit’s To Hampton, Virginia
Hampton is before Richmond Hampton is in between Norfolk and Newport News
I thought Richmond was country....but DAAAAAAAMN! Its waaaaaay too much country for my liking. looks peaceful though.
It's anything but country here. Just looks that way because of the trees. Once you get off the freeways it's very urban/ suburban
Way easier than Atlanta