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Newport News Marine Terminal. Newport News Marine Terminal is the smallest of the four facilities, with a land area of 140.64 acres (0.5691 km 2). The terminal has a forty-five-foot-deep main channel. The terminal is serviced by 42,720 feet (13,020 m) of rail track and four container cranes. Two berths handle cruise vessels and breakbulk cargo.
Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News, Virginia, its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km 2).
The school was named after the shipping and railroad pioneer, Collis P. Huntington, who founded the local shipyards, the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, at one time the largest shipbuilding concern in the world.
Newport News station. / 37.0228; -76.4519. Newport News station is an Amtrak inter-city train station in Newport News, Virginia. The station is the southern terminus of two daily Northeast Regional round trips. It has a single side platform adjacent to a large CSX rail yard.
Newport News Transportation Center. / 37.1230; -76.5185. The Newport News Transportation Center is an under-construction Amtrak inter-city train station and intermodal transport hub in Newport News, Virginia. The station will be located about 1 mile (1.6 km) from Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport on Bland Boulevard between Warwick ...
Newport News Middle Ground Light is a lighthouse near the Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel (MMMBT) on Interstate 664 in Hampton Roads. [3] [4] [5] It is the oldest caisson lighthouse in Virginia.
2/20. 6,526. 1,989. Concrete. Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport ( IATA: PHF, ICAO: KPHF, FAA LID: PHF) is in Newport News, Virginia, United States, and serves the Hampton Roads area along with Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk. The airport is owned and operated by the Peninsula Airport Commission, a political subdivision of ...
Newport News has a long history dating back to the days of Jamestown, Virginia. The area which is now the city of Newport News has existed under different names and forms including Elizabeth Cittie, Warwick River Shire, Warwick County, Virginia, Warwick City, and the current independent city of Newport News .
Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [6] is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States. Newport News is included in the Hampton Roads metropolitan ...
City Center at Oyster Point is a business district in the Oyster Point section of Newport News, Virginia. It is a 52-acre (210,000 m 2) high density mixed-use development that has 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m 2 ). of Retail Shops and Restaurants and 1,000,000 sq ft (100,000 m 2 ). of Class A office space. It is inspired by the maritime history of ...