Talk:Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel

Tunnel?

Why isn't it a bridge all the way across? -Ravedave 15:33, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Probably so that ships can continue through the harbor area without the need for a drawbridge or costlier bridgework which ships could pass beneath... but that's just speculation on my part. Exerda 20:05, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I happen to live in the area. There are three bridge-tunnels in hampton roads, and the function of the tunnel section is to allow large ships to pass them from the ship-building docks located on the mouth of the James River to the Naval shipyards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.0.44.161 (talk) 05:48, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Historical names: Merrimack, Virginia, Merrimac

What, pray tell, is this section doing in the article? Seems to be ill-homed here; I could see a (better written) piece to the same point in several other articles, but not for the one here about the bridge! Exerda 20:05, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Within = approximately

To say, "within one mile" is to state an approximation. Thus saying "approximately" is redundant and I deleted it. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 18:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

tunnel pictures

We have a picture from inside the tunnel in the infobox File:Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.jpg. An IP is attempting to add File:2007 09 16 - 895tunnel - WB 2.JPG Neither image is great quality as they are both blurred, and the new image is badly colour-cast. I don't see any point in having two images that show the same thing. As the caption on the new image says, it's just "Another photo of the tunnel part". We don't need both images. Of the two, I prefer the image currently in the infobox (Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.jpg) as the colour is better and it has the advantage of showing the tunnel sloping upwards towards the exit. Meters (talk) 19:59, 30 November 2019 (UTC)