Dave Forster

Mar 29, 2024 | web.archive.org | Dave Forster |C.K. Hickey

The pursuit of a crossing over the Chesapeake Bay officially began in 1956. That year, Virginia's General Assembly authorized a study to see whether a fixed span could replace the ferries shuttling more than 50,000 vehicles a month between the mainland and the Eastern Shore. The trips took an hour and a half after lengthy waits to get on, and demand was rising.