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===Transportation=== {{Main|Transportation in Virginia Beach}} [[File:33 ATLANTIC (3523212303).jpg|thumb|A Hampton Roads Transit bus on Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach.]] [[File:ORF Departures.jpg|thumb|[[Norfolk International Airport]] in nearby [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] serves the city of Virginia Beach and the surrounding [[Hampton Roads]] area.]] Virginia Beach is primarily served by the [[Norfolk International Airport]], which is now the region's major commercial airport. The airport is located near Chesapeake Bay, along the city limits straddling neighboring [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]].<ref name="ORF History">{{cite web | url = http://www.norfolkairport.com/airportinfo/missionhistory.htm | title = Norfolk International Airport Mission and History | access-date = October 2, 2007 | publisher = Norfolk International Airport |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928203630/http://www.norfolkairport.com/airportinfo/missionhistory.htm | archive-date = September 28, 2007}}</ref> [[Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport]] also provides commercial air service for the [[Hampton Roads]] area.<ref name="Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport">{{cite web | url = http://www.nnwairport.com/ | title = Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport | access-date = February 25, 2008 | publisher = Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20001204184500/http://www.nnwairport.com/ |archive-date = December 4, 2000 |url-status = dead | df = mdy-all}}</ref> The [[Chesapeake Regional Airport]] provides general aviation services and is located {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} outside the city limits.<ref name="Chesapeake Regional Airport">{{cite web | url = http://www.chesapeakeairport.com/ | title = Chesapeake Regional Airport | access-date = January 12, 2008}}</ref> [[Virginia Beach Airport]] is a small, grass runway facility catering to private aircraft owners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vbairport.com/|title=Welcome to the Virginia Beach Airport|website=vbairport.com|access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref> Rail-wise, Virginia Beach is served by [[Amtrak]] through the [[Norfolk (Amtrak station)|Norfolk]] and [[Newport News (Amtrak station)|Newport News]] stations, via connecting buses. A high-speed rail connection at Richmond to both the [[Northeast Corridor]] and the [[Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor]] are also under study.<ref name="SEHSR">{{cite web | url = http://www.sehsr.org/ | title = Southeast High Speed Rail | access-date = October 15, 2007 | publisher = Southeast High Speed Rail| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130515181215/http://www.sehsr.org/| archive-date = May 15, 2013| url-status = dead}}</ref> Greyhound/Trailways provides service from a central bus terminal in adjacent Norfolk. The Greyhound station in Virginia Beach is located on Laskin Road, about a mile west of the oceanfront. Bus services to [[New York City]] via the Chinatown bus, Today's Bus, is located on Newtown Road.<ref name="Today's Bus">{{cite web | url = http://www.todaysbus.com/ | title = Today's Bus | access-date = October 10, 2007 | publisher = Today's Bus |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071008133847/http://www.todaysbus.com/ | archive-date = October 8, 2007}}</ref> The city is connected to [[Interstate 64|I-64]] via I-264, which runs from the oceanfront, intersects with I-64 on the east side of Norfolk, and continues through downtown Norfolk and Portsmouth until rejoining I-64 at the terminus of both roads in Chesapeake where [[Interstate 664]] completes the loop which forms the Hampton Roads Beltway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/news/transportation/article_58964956-8f17-5924-9c53-8ec8758ee48d.html|title=I-64: Where east is south and west is north|last=Clayton|first=Cindy|date=November 22, 2012|website=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|access-date=April 9, 2023}}</ref> Other major roads include Virginia Beach Boulevard ([[U.S. Route 58 (Virginia)|U.S. Route 58]]), Shore Drive ([[U.S. Route 60 (Virginia)|U.S. Route 60]]), which connects to Atlantic Avenue at the oceanfront, Northampton Blvd ([[U.S. Route 13 (Virginia)|U.S. Route 13]]), Princess Anne Road ([[State Route 165 (Virginia)|State Route 165]]), Indian River Road (former State Route 603), Lynnhaven Parkway, Independence Boulevard, General Booth Boulevard, and Nimmo Parkway. The city is also connected to Virginia's [[Eastern Shore of Virginia|Eastern Shore]] region via the [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel]] (CBBT), which is the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world and known as one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World. The CBBT, a [[toll road|tolled facility]], carries [[U.S. Route 13]].<ref name =facts>{{cite web | title = Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Facts | publisher = Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission | url = http://www.cbbt.com/facts.html | access-date = November 23, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150428072417/http://www.cbbt.com/facts.html | archive-date = April 28, 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/virginia/chesapeake-bay-bridge-tunnel-va/|title=The Longest Tunnel in Virginia Has A Truly Fascinating Backstory|date=May 11, 2022|website=Only In Your State|access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/news/article_01ef06a7-6465-51da-8aa6-770e90535aee.html|title="17 miles of scary": Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is notorious among truckers|last=Kimberlin|first=Joanne|date=February 10, 2017|website=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref> Transportation within the city, as well as the rest of Hampton Roads is served by a regional bus service, [[Hampton Roads Transit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hampton Roads Transit|url=http://www.hrtransit.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000123231009/http://www.hrtransit.org/|archive-date=January 23, 2000|access-date=July 2, 2010|publisher=Hrtransit.org}}</ref> An extension of [[Tide Light Rail|The Tide]] light rail system from Norfolk to the oceanfront is currently being studied.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gohrt.com/about/development/vbtes | title = Virginia Beach Transit Extension Study | Hampton Roads Transit | publisher = Gohrt.com | access-date = July 2, 2010 |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100703073538/http://www.gohrt.com/about/development/vbtes | archive-date = July 3, 2010}}</ref> ====Walkability==== A 2011 study by [[Walk Score]] ranked Virginia Beach the 39th most walkable of the fifty largest U.S. cities.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/ | title = 2011 City and Neighborhood Rankings | publisher = Walk Score | year = 2011 | access-date = August 28, 2011}}</ref> A 2021 study by [[Walk Score]] ranked Virginia Beach as the 45th most walkable large city in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Virginia Beach neighborhoods on Walk Score|url=https://www.walkscore.com/VA/Virginia_Beach|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Walk Score|language=en}}</ref>
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