The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
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"Pretty drive"
I love travelling over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The view is amazing, especially if you are lucky and are about to enter a tunnel and see a ship about to float across! It is $12 to cross, and has stops along the way with binoculars that you slip a quarter into and can look out over the ocean. I love watching the waves hit against the sides of the pillars as well, and you see tons of birds. My two children love going into the tunnels, my oldest is convinced it is the Batman Tunnel :)
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"Be sure to look for the lookout spots!"
This is a beautiful drive over the bridges and then so fun to go in a tunnel in the middle of the water. The kids loved spotting the boats. There were two lookout spots that we saw. One of them had a fishing pier off of it and what looked like a restaurant and bathrooms that were closed for renovations. There are binocular viewers set up and for a quarter you can have a few seconds to check out the boats or other parts of the bridge and tunnel system. The drive will cost you 12 dollars so make sure you have money with you!
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"Nice ride"
This a beautiful and different ride. Between the bridges and the tunnels and the stops in between, everyone should do this once. The view from the middle is amazing, you are WAY out in the water, with only bridges and tunnels connecting. It is an architectural feat.
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"Fun with the Family"
Even if it costs $12 each way ($5 to cross back if within twenty-four hours) to cross the 17.6-mile-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, the fee is worth it, at least once. As the structure loops over and under the bay, it’s easy to savor the sense of space and joy common to open roads, panoramic water views, and sea breezes.
In September and early May, hundreds of bird-watchers come to observe this mid-Atlantic flyway for migratory sea birds. (Permission to make brief stops on the four manmade islands must be obtained in writing.) Families also will enjoy the view and menu offered at Seagull Pier and Restaurant, midway across the structure.
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