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There’s very little margin for error for 18-wheelers using the bridge-tunnel, which crosses between Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore.

VIRGINIA BEACH — Christopher Scott was driving a tractor-trailer on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel June 22 when his front driver’s side tire suddenly went up onto the bridge’s left-side curb. The impact blew out the tire, causing Scott to lose control of his truck, according to a police report into the accident. The tractor-trailer tore out more than 100 feet of the northbound bridge’s ...

A day trip on Virginia's Eastern Shore provides plenty of options

After a wee poke about the Angus fishing town of Arbroath, Willie picks up some of the famous smokies for his tea...

Of elvis presley, frank sinatra, and the beatles, it is the latest victim of the recession and a dried up tourism industry. the end of an era. >> also the sands hotel where sinatra played in '66 is also closed. that's now a convention center. what's happened to those hotels? >> they have gone downhill. they are replaced by these enormous new hotels but the old ones with all that history don't seem to be making it. >> terribly sad. next a top flight athlete's life cut short. and some engineering wonders which hopefully can save the day. this is not a prescription. this is stacy. who runs ci...