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Portsmouth: Midtown Tunnel - EB - Tunnel Facility Dr
Few places in Virginia have a history as closely tied to naval shipbuilding and maritime trade as Portsmouth. Set on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk, this independent city grew around the deepwater channels of Hampton Roads, one of the United States’ principal natural harbors. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth began as the Gosport Shipyard in 1767 and remains a major Navy maintenance and repair installation. Its waterfront also holds the Lightship Portsmouth, a former Chesapeake Bay lightship preserved as a museum. Olde Towne’s streets and nineteenth-century buildings give the city a civic core distinct from the bridges, tunnels, terminals and ship-repair yards that shape the wider harbor.
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Portsmouth blends a working waterfront with an old urban core in a way that reflects its position on the Elizabeth River within Hampton Roads. Facing Norfolk across the river, it belongs to the harbor network shaped by the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers as they approach Chesapeake Bay. Olde Towne Portsmouth retains streets of early American homes, churches and civic buildings, while the waterfront is home to Lightship Portsmouth, a former floating lighthouse. Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, established in 1830, reflects the city’s longstanding connection with the U.S. Navy. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on Portsmouth and Hampton Roads.
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