Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Toll Road (Virginia to Maryland) // Travel Snacks
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- The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) is a 17.6-mile (28.3 km) bridge-tunnel crossing at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the Hampton Roads harbor, and nearby mouths of the James and Elizabeth rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. It remains one of only 12 bridge-tunnel systems in the world. (Wikipedia) It's also a toll road with a high price to cross!
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Fourteen dollars! That's nuts!
I went over that bridge in the 90's and it was $10 then, almost turned around! It is pricey but you pay the price for the short cut across the bay.
I was a truck driver and had to go across that bridge...jeeez, like a down payment on a house! I feel for pain, so I'm donating $15 for you!
You had me laughing when you said "I guess I don't know geography" because I remember the time you left Atlanta, GA going to Alabama and somehow went to Chattanooga, TN instead.
It’s all an adventure!! ☺️
Virginia is such a long state I thought i would never get out of it!! Beautiful state and drive for sure! ❤️❤️
“This is kinda like an amusement park...” i literally busted out laughing 😂
😊 Glad you liked it!!
Yikes I do not like long bridges with water and tunnels. All I can say is you go girl. You rock ...
I grew up on the Eastern Shore.. so cool to see you passing through.. safe travels
I live in Newport News Va-- and over the years most bridges had tolls but years ago they lifted them but CBBT still remains a toll
$14 is a lot but I can see why because I’m sure it takes a lot of maintenance!! It was a nice view though!
You handled the toll with a good sense of humor, you have too after a while especially on the East Coast. Hope you're feeling better Allison!
Yes I was just being funny. Since I was only going up the coast once I didn’t mind the few tolls. Thank you Jan!!
Really cool. I've heard of Chesapeake Bay Bridge but never realized it was 17 miles or had tunnels. - Anthony
Yeah it was actually pretty cool. When you are in the tunnel you are actually driving under water!
The Ches Bay Bridge Tunnel is basically a short cut to the other side of the bay. To go around the other way to get to the same place cost much more money in fuel and food prices and hotels if you don’t want to make the entire maybe 12-14 hour trip (I mean if you were going all the way around) in 1 day, taking into consideration multiple rush hour traffic locations. Not counting the many hours of travel time wasted and maintenance on your vehicle that is created. And you have to travel around the DC and Baltimore bypasses which is similar to driving in a NASCAR race for hours and the folks who drive those bypasses will age you very quickly since they are all extremely aggressive drivers. If you consider all the factors $14 oneway is cheap. The fees are used for the maintenance if the bridges and tunnels, if you consider they are both in and over salt water. I lived in Virginia Beach for 20 years and ran volunteer rescue for 10 of those years. My station was 2nd call for the bridge tunnel for emergencies. So, I have been up there for some horrific traffic accidents. Keep in mind, in the 1990s the bridge tunnel was only 1 two lane bridge and the two tunnels. They added the second bridge that merge into the tunnels and then exits back to two bridges. Price was $10 back then (free for ambulances and fire trucks). Anyway, drove the tunnel to Annapolis MD a dozen times a year to visit my daughter and grandkids. The ride up the eastern shore is soooo much nicer.
I went through there a few weeks ago when we went to Chicoteague Island!
Oh awesome!!
@@travelsnacks I too was appalled by the $14 toll!!
It was 23 last year!! Don’t speed in Maryland they pull you over for 2 mph
I love in Virginia and I think the bridge/tunnel is great. Well worth the $14, but I agree that when on a budget, it pinches.......A lot 😁😁😁😁
Live on Chincoteague Island VA. Hope you got a chance to stop by. It's a little Key West. And yes the Bay Bridge Tunnel is so expensive.
Awesome! I went to Assateague Island (video coming Sunday!)
Kelly I love Chincoteague!! Been there many years during pony penning week. ❤
Thanks for driving and showing it , so I don't have to 😀
LOL LOL Yup welcome to the East Coast $$$$ as soon as you can pick up a map and find the back roads and counties. Oh and you were very lucky things this time of the year (prior to 2020) would have had you in bumper to bumper traffic. It's great to see the reaction of people out of state, I'm sorry but it was so great listening to your reaction.
Hello Allison!!
Been watching your car life into van life transition and am enjoying very much!! I am having difficulty with the audio. When you are taking I can hardly hear you so I turn the volume up. Then when the music plays it’s super loud. Maybe a tweak to your audio is needed.
I’m worried about your Gastro problem. Did you ever figure it out. I am currently suffering from a mystery Gastro issue that’s been reoccurring for many years. I’m working with my dr and not giving up or in this time around! So don’t take your symptoms lightly and make sure you figure out what is going on before you end up like me. I also want to give your parents a shout out! They love you so much. Your mom is so cute wanting to do whatever she could to help and be a part of your van build.
Take care and keep on keepin on!!
Love the video ☺️☺️. You are funny 😄🤣🤣🤣, I think I might take a drive from NY to there 😉😉. Definitely bringing some snack juices and beer 🍺😅😅😅
Right on! Enjoy your trip!!
The tolls help cover the costs that come with needing the bridge-tunnel. Without it you would have to go further north to get to the eastern shore. I hope you enjoyed your time in MD. I hope you made it to Ocean City, MD and had Thrashers french fries.
Ha ha, every time I read Chesapeak my brain sees cheapskate, how odd for it to go from tunnel to bridge and back again, ruddy terrifying to be driving over all that sea though
Those tunnels killed me i hated them. They were pretty crowded when i went through.
It used to be 12 when I was there
Allison, really a massage? 🤣
I used to cross that bridge all the time when I was in the Navy stationed in Norfolk and drove home to NYC in the early 90's. Back then I think it was $9-$10 and you had to carry cash! The alternative was to go hundreds of mile around the Bay. I think there was a stop off with a restaurant and museum somewhere in the middle of the bridge as well.
Allison , the Cali Sourh Bay 1500 ft lg. Vincent Thomas TOll Bridge, links San Pedro to Long Beach . There is a
My niece and some friends live right over the bridge. So we’ve been over it a number of times. Seems like too much money. But if you go around the other route, you’ll pay way more in gas.
This is my favorite video!!!
Awesome!
14$ crazy 😝
😂😂😂😂😂 you are heeelarious!! I hope to meet you sometime in travels lol you're great and you inspire me a lot as a woman who travels solo!
$14, could buy 7 bagels, snackers
Privately owned also
Yea Alison I had to cross the bay bridge in San Francisco every day . It cost almost 10 bucks no to cross. It was so expensive and you had to wait forever to get over it. Expect at night and at 3am. Ha
I grew up going back and forth across that bridge for vacations. I thought I was going to die every time I was on it because it feels like it rocks. Everyone I know nowadays avoids that bridge like the plague. We plan our trips to avoid crossing it!
Be glad you went that way...had you tried to get to Delaware by going northwest through Maryland, you would have had to contend with the Beltway with Baltimore & Washington traffic. Eek! Plus you would have gone in & out of Virginia & Maryland each several times. Very confusing & time consuming!
Allisan , there is a Toll Bridge in the Long Beach , California - South Bay area and one the San Diego, California- Coronado area. I believe Long Beach Bridge stopped fees in 2000 & San Diego in 2002.😊
I took it on accident and had to turn around on the other side
S*** $14 not bad take 95 to Miami now that will give you freaking sticker shock a total of over $100. Thanks for taking us along I've been through that bridge many times I used to live in Essex Maryland used to go to the beach in Delaware.p.s. they have like a season pass it's a lot cheaper if you live there period same with Florida the SunPass but I don't know if the SunPass works with those freaking tolls I don't remember I always avoided that way!.btw I could have swore when me and my brother and his girlfriend hitchhiked from Co to Virginia Beach went over to Maryland taking taking the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel the early to mid 70s. But there was huge windows so that you could see the fish swimming around maybe that was in a dream LOL
Yeah I got lost in Miami before and ended up on a few toll roads. That was not fun!
Oh that would have been awesome if there were windows in the tunnel!!! 🐠
@@travelsnacks I know right I lived in Miami 4 years. Definitely had to purchase a SunPass.lol I know right one that be cool with the big windows I could have swore they were there LOL safe and happy travels my dear love your Channel!
That bridge is expensive - and I live further north up the Bay. The bridge you are on is part tunnel to allow the large barges and ships to come up the Chesapeake to the Port of Baltimore which is a huge shipping port on the east coast. If they didn’t build the tunnels that bridge would have to be 150 feet high. There is another bridge that crosses the bay just outside of Annapolis. It is a gorgeous drive as well and costs $4.50. You only pay the one direction for both bridges. Hysterical video!😂😊
I knew you would have all the details! You always come through with the good facts. In that case I don’t mind paying the toll. 😊 it was pretty cool driving under water.
@@travelsnacks . . . And you know if I don’t have the facts, John and I just make them up!🤣🤣
Nice music and great video editing! You are very good at that! You also have a really funny and cool vibe! For some reason, I thought you were heading back to Cali and aborting the mission…? You are definitely heading north. Safe travels Snack Queen! Bill VT
Thanks for the tour. I don't know my geography either. So, there are 2 Chesapeake Bay Bridges? One is to the south which you were on. And the other one to the north on Hwy 50? Am I right? I was looking for the tunnels at the other bridge. And it was short for $14 :)
Wooooah ! What a nice place so beautiful , keep it up idol .
It was very pretty!
Allison, you are so funny! I imagine they are still paying off the debt to build that critter….you have to admit that it must have taken a boatload of cash to build two highways across the bay….one coming and one going….so it’s really 35.2 miles of construction…whew! But it is very scenic…😉
Yes indeed! I was being dramatic 😂 but yes I really do agree that it was a beautiful well thought out bridge-tunnel!
One way to prevent traffic jams or rush hour traffic!
@ 3:50 🤣🤣🤣
First the toll was to "pay for the bridge." But then the politicians look at it as a cash cow. Not going to give up that money, so the toll never goes away.
They should give a receipt with a report on exactly where your money is going
It takes a lot to maintain the bridges and tunnels here in good ole VA. Had you taken 64 to 95 to get to Maryland you would have had about a 3 to 6 hour drive... Depending on construction, traffic and oh them accidents unless you found the alternative 301 route that would take you through most of scenic D.C. and still a 4 hour trip. I actually liked Maryland the first time when I went back the second time and had to work there for two months I hated it and drove back to VA like I was in the fast and furious. Even my kids were like this will take you til 12 in the morning if my then boss drove back and I sent a text message to them, Nope I'm driving.
My oldest son's reply was oh! So in 4 then?
Me, 3! I'm taking my shortcuts to avoid the BS.
I showed up in 3 and a half, had to make a pit stop for food and a bathroom break and I looked like I was driving 2 Mr. Daisy's who were like next time she drives us anywhere out of State and back home that was the fastest they ever got home lol.
Also you thought 14$ was bad HA you would have spent more hitting some major tolls in Baltimore.
Been there! And coming into Maryland there's that water tower says "Berlin" on it. And maybe you learned, but the town name is said BUR-lin, not bur-LIN (have relatives there). -- Hope it is or was a good visit for you!
$14! Yeah, it should do something special. It's kind of like the Bloody Mary I bought in the Atlanta airport - $14 & while it was very nice, it didn't merit that price.
You mixed up the thumbnail, As it shows the Bay bridge instead of the Bay bridge tunnel.
How much time and fuel saved using the bridge tunnel.
Plus the traffic and views 🤔
What are you supposed to do if you break down on that bridge????
Welcome to Virginia. Always bring money. My Son-in- law is getting me an EZ pass because you never know when a toll will sneak up on you...Stay Beautiful
Welcome to the right, er wrong coast.
less than a dollar a mile
Keep toll receipts for business expense deductions.
Stop in ocean city Maryland its great
Oh I did! It was very nice.
ABOUT TOLLS ONE DAY I WENT FROM BRANDYWINE MARILYN TO THE TOP OF NEW YORK AND BACK IN MY Semi it cost me $500.00
😮 whoa
Wow !!! That is crazy. Ridiculous.
Do the tunnels go under water? OMGoodness!
Yes they sure do!!!
They charge that amount because they can. That’s the reason that I don’t do the states that has tolls. Try just getting across Chicago
Thanks for the ride
I live near there! I'm a nomad also. Would love to meet you! I'm ROD
Van dweller here, just settled in Chincoteague after year and a half on the road
This video was filmed a couple months ago so I’m no longer in the area. But it was beautiful there!
@@travelsnacks oh! My bad. It would have been a pleasure 😊. If you ever out here again, give me a holler. Be safe!!
$14 sounds like a lot, but how much would it have cost you if you took the long route? And let's not forget the wear and tear on your van. Sorry not to be sympathetic, but $14 was a bargain.
This is your job, your travel snacks (ones you feature in each vid because that's the focus of your channel) and expenses such as gas, tolls, and park admissions should be deductible from your taxes. Check with a tax pro but save those receipts!
Ive travelled the chesapeake Bay Bridge twice from the other direction and it was free. Not sure if it still is
Whoa! Ok. It really was a nice drive though.
You should’ve taken the receipt so you could use it as a deduction on your taxes because you earn a living-ish on CZcams.
What can you do with 14 dollars….here in California you can get a gallon of gas in your car! That was too funny your comic rant!
Stay on 95 come straight to Philadelphia and see the Liberty Bell 🔔 and Betsy Ross's house and then go to Pat's steaks yum or Gino's
see how much getting into NY these days costs.. 😳
stuff cost way too much these days..
try to get a city water meter at the curb to tap into.. $5000.. just the meter not a hookup not a drop of water.. 😳
Can you not claim the receipt on the toll as a "business expense" for your CZcams channel ?
That is what I was wondering. I would write off everything I could.
Yes definitely!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Are you in the hi van ? Is the Tunnel scary ? Oh boy. The scary stuff I see.
The van is under 9ft. I didn’t find the tunnel scary. But if you are claustrophobic you may not want to drive through it.
You should keep your receipts to us tax credit that’s if you’re monetize and youtube is your job
Hope u got dome Maryland crabs oh yeah and get some old bay seasoning GOD BLESS you numbers-6-22-27 over u SHALOM SHALOM AMEN SHALOM
I tried crab cakes and also the best cream of crab soup. It was delicious!
@@travelsnacks oh yes stay safe GOD BLESS you AMEN