When it opened in 1964, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel nearly 18 miles long was one of the "Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World." But that recognition wasn't for the guardrails.
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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 .