Editing Hampton, Virginia (section)

====Roads and highways====
In the Hampton Roads region, water crossings are a major issue for land-based transportation. The city is fortunate to have a good network of local streets and bridges to cross the various rivers and creeks. Many smaller bridges, especially those along [[Mercury Boulevard]], were named to honor the original NASA astronauts, who had trained extensively at NASA's Langley facilities.

The city is located contiguously to the neighboring independent cities of both Newport News and Poquoson. Many roads and streets are available to travel between them. Likewise, Williamsburg, Yorktown and the counties of James City and York are also located nearby in the Peninsula sub-region, and many roads lead to them.

To reach most of its other neighbors in the [[South Hampton Roads]] sub-region, it is necessary to cross the harbor and/or the mouth of the [[James River]]. There are 3 major motor vehicle crossings. Among these are the [[Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel]] (HRBT) and the [[Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel]] (MMMBT), each forming part of the [[Hampton Roads Beltway]]. The HRBT is located on [[Interstate 64 in Virginia|Interstate 64]] near downtown Hampton and the MMMBT is a few miles away on [[Interstate 664]] near downtown Newport News. (These two major interstates converge in Hampton near the [[Hampton Coliseum]].) The third crossing option is the [[James River Bridge]], also in Newport News, which connects to [[Isle of Wight County, Virginia|Isle of Wight County]] and the town of [[Smithfield, Virginia|Smithfield]].

Hampton is also served by several major primary and secondary highways. These notably include U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 17 in Virginia|17]], [[U.S. Route 60 in Virginia|60]] and [[U.S. Route 258 in Virginia|258]], and Virginia State Routes [[Virginia State Route 134|134]] and [[Virginia State Route 143|143]].