Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and a metropolitan area in Southeastern Virginia, United States. It is made up of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA metropolitan area. Hampton Roads is known for its military bases, its ice-free harbor, shipyards, and coal piers. It also has miles of waterfront property and beaches.

The body of water known as Hampton Roads is one of the world's largest natural harbors. In fact it is a roadstead or "roads" (a body of water outside a harbor where ships can wait). It is formed by the mouths of several rivers. The water of Hampton Roads empties into the Chesapeake Bay

Hampton Roads Media

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  Virginia's Historic Triangle

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  View of the Elizabeth River with Downtown Norfolk at top right. The carrier in the foreground is USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).

• Hampton is a Hampton Roads community.

• The harbor area of Hampton Roads, from official state map of pre-civil war Virginia circa 1858. image from the Library of Virginia

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  Hampton Roads, Virginia from space. Northwest is up.

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  Huntington Ingalls' Newport News Shipbuilding

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  NASA Langley Research Center

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  MacArthur Center, opened in 1999, has 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m²) and 140 stores.

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  Patrick Henry Mall, opened in 1987, has 714,310 square feet (66,362 m²) and 120+ stores