30 Facts About Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water in the United States that serves as a wide channel for the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell's Point where the Chesapeake Bay flows into the Atlantic Ocean, and the surrounding metropolitan region located in the southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina portions of the Tidewater Region.

Term "Hampton Roads" is a centuries-old designation that originated when the region was a struggling English outpost nearly four hundred years ago.

Water area known as Hampton Roads is a wide channel through which the waters of the James River, Nansemond River, and Elizabeth River pass into the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

Norfolk and Hampton Roads are among the worst-hit parts of the United States by the effects of global warming.

Harbor and rivers of Hampton Roads were immediately recognized as prime locations for commerce, shipbuilding and military installations, with the fortifications at Old Point Comfort established as early as 1610, and Gosport Navy Yard in 1767.

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President Theodore Roosevelt arrived by water in the harbor of Hampton Roads, as did other notable persons such as Mark Twain and Henry Huttleston Rogers, who both arrived aboard the latter's steam yacht Kanawha.

Hampton Roads subsequently served in Rochester, New York for many years.

The Historic Triangle area of the Hampton Roads region became one of the largest tourist attractions in Virginia.

Hampton Roads Planning District Commission currently includes 16 cities and counties and one incorporated town in Virginia, representing over 1.

Since 1989, Hampton Roads has been the mid-Atlantic leader in U S waterborne foreign commerce and is ranked second nationally behind the Port of South Louisiana based on export tonnage.

The coal loading facilities in the Port of Hampton Roads are able to load in excess of 65 million tons annually, giving the port the largest, most efficient and modern coal loading facilities in the world.

Harbor of Hampton Roads is an important highway of commerce, especially for the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport News.

Hampton Roads area has the largest concentration of military bases and facilities of any metropolitan area in the world.

All five military services' operating forces are there, as well as several major command headquarters: Hampton Roads is a chief rendezvous of the United States Navy, and the area is home to the Allied Command Transformation, which is the only major military command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on U S soil.

NASA's Langley Research Center, located on the Peninsula adjacent to Langley Air Force Base in Hampton Roads, is home to scientific and aerospace technology research.

Hampton Roads experienced tremendous growth during and after World War II.

In 1965, South Hampton Roads broke ground on its first shopping mall in Virginia Beach, known as Pembroke Mall.

Coliseum Mall, in Hampton Roads, has been redeveloped as Peninsula Town Center in a new style, in step with the latest commercial real estate trend: the nationwide establishment of "lifestyle centers".

Mission of Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to business attraction—marketing the Hampton Roads region as the preferred location for business investment and expansion.

Hampton Roads area has an extensive network of Interstate Highways, including the Interstate 64, the major east–west route to and from the area, and its spurs and bypasses of I-264, I-464, I-564, and I-664.

Hampton Roads Beltway extends 56 miles on a long loop through the region, crossing the harbor on two toll-free bridge–tunnel facilities.

People who have grown up in the Hampton Roads area have a unique Tidewater accent which sounds different from a stereotypical Southern accent.

Hampton Roads'storic Jamestowne is the archaeological site on Jamestown Island and is a cooperative effort by Jamestown National Hampton Roads'storic Site and Preservation Virginia.

Hampton Roads region has a thriving music scene, with a heavy concentration thereof in the Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Norfolk areas.

In 1957, the Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel was the first bridge–tunnel complex in the world, to be followed by the area's much longer Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel in 1963.

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Hampton Roads was formerly home to the ABA Virginia Squires, alternating between Norfolk and Hampton, as well as Richmond and Roanoke.

Hampton Roads is 130 miles from the nearest major sports teams in Washington, D C and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Hampton Roads previously hosted a successful franchise in the American Basketball Association, although it was never a full-time home for that team.

Hampton Roads has hosted many professional wrestling events throughout the years.

Hampton Roads area is home to at least one professional wrestling promotion, Vanguard Championship Wrestling, which holds events throughout the region, and has a weekly television show on the local Fox affiliate.