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!!!

My grandfather helped design this bridge

This is an engineering miracle

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

The year I was built 1964 !!

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

like bridge/tunnel more the bay bridge in Annapolis

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

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

Why does it cut out and have missing dialog