Midtown Tunnel (Virginia)

Midtown Tunnel
Traffic on the Norfolk Approach to the Midtown Tunnel
Overview
Location
Status
  • eastbound: open to traffic
  • westbound: open to traffic
Route
US 58 Toll
CrossesElizabeth River
Operation
Opened
  • eastbound: 1962
  • westbound: 2016
OwnerVDOT
OperatorElizabeth River Crossings
Trafficvehicle
Toll
  • Pay by Plate:
  • $5.54 off peak
  • $6.02 peak
Vehicles per day32,000 [1]
Technical
No. of lanes4 (two per tunnel)
Operating speed35 mph
Tunnel clearance13.5 ft
Width8.5 feet (without permit); 11 feet (with permit)

The Midtown Tunnel carries U.S. Highway 58 across the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in the South Hampton Roads area of Virginia, US. It links the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk. Owned by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), it is operated and maintained by Elizabeth River Crossings under a 58-year public–private partnership concession agreement. Formerly a toll-free facility, open road tolling was implemented on February 1, 2014 by VDOT to help finance repairs and expansion to the tunnel.


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  1. ^ "AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES with VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION DATA on INTERSTATE, ARTERIAL and PRIMARY ROUTES" (PDF). Virginia Department of Transportation. Retrieved 29 March 2015.