At its opening in 1964; the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was named one of the �Five Wonders of the Modern World� by Reader�s Digest magazine. It was the culmination of a concerted; decade-long push by a group of men; led by Lucius J. Kellam Jr.; an Eastern Shore native and businessman who dreamed of opening up the remote Eastern Shore to the bustling Virginia mainland. This $200-million; 17.6-mile-long series of bridges; tunnels; islands; and trestle in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay�long dismissed as impractical and even impossible�won the attention of the world at its opening. It also brought an abrupt end to the ferry service that was long a cornerstone of the New York-to-Florida �Ocean Highway;� shuttling millions of cars between the Eastern Shore and Hampton Roads.
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