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Essex Meadows: I-64 - MM 290.8 - WB
Few places in Hampton Roads have a history as closely tied to maritime trade and naval activity as Essex Meadows. This Chesapeake-area community lies on the low coastal plain shaped by the Elizabeth River watershed and the wider Chesapeake Bay. Major divided roads and interchanges connect its residential and commercial districts with the cities of South Hampton Roads, reflecting the region’s role as a transportation corridor. The Port of Virginia and the naval institutions centred on nearby Norfolk have long made Hampton Roads one of the United States’ principal maritime regions. Essex Meadows belongs to this densely interconnected urban landscape rather than to a separate rural settlement.
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