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Virginia Beach ExpresswayThe Virginia Beach Expressway (also known as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk Expressway) was a 12-mile (19.3 km) limited access highway built to Interstate Highway standards extending between the independent cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Built and funded with toll revenue bonds, it opened in 1967 as Virginia State Highway 44. The Expressway ran from an interchange with Interstate 64 and Interstate 264 in Norfolk almost due east to the oceanfront area of Virginia Beach. The original road had 4 lanes (2 each way). It was widened to 6 lanes in the 1980s, and to 8 lanes in the early 1990s. The car toll was 25 cents. In 1995, the bonds were retired and tolls and toll booths were removed. In July 1999, the former Virginia Beach Expressway was renumbered to I-264, effectively creating a eastward continuation of the original I-264, which ran through the downtown areas of Portsmouth and Norfolk and ended at I-64 (where the Expressway began). This is now the point where I-264 intersects and crosses the I-64 portion of the Hampton Roads Beltway. Related topics
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