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    Willoughby Spit is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. It is bordered by water on three sides: the...
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  • several places called Willoughby Bay. These include: Willoughby Bay, adjacent to Willoughby Spit, Virginia, United States Willoughby Bay (Antigua) This disambiguation...
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  • unincorporated community Willoughby Park, Friendship Heights, Washington, D.C. Willoughby Run, a waterway in Adams County, Pennsylvania Willoughby Spit, a peninsula...
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    West Ocean View Avenue (U.S. Route 60) near Fourth View Street in the Willoughby Spit area. The Route 168 designation formerly continued northwesterly along...
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    independent city of Hampton near Fort Monroe on the Virginia Peninsula with Willoughby Spit in the city of Norfolk in South Hampton Roads and is part of the Hampton...
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    Elizabeth River. In 1923, the city expanded to include Sewell's Point, Willoughby Spit, the town of Campostella, and the Ocean View area. The city included...
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    incorporated town of Berkley as well as the areas of Sewell's Point, Willoughby Spit, and Ocean View were annexed successively by Norfolk. By 1960, the...
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    miles of shoreline on the Chesapeake Bay to the north, starting with Willoughby Spit to the west and the Joint Expeditionary Base -- Little Creek in the...
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  • Willoughby may refer to: Willoughby, Albemarle County, Virginia, an unincorporated community Willoughby Spit, a neighborhood in Norfolk This disambiguation...
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    and sits near Old Point Comfort, Old Point Comfort Light, Willoughby Beach and Willoughby Spit, approximately one mile south of Fort Monroe. Originally...
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    6 m) above normal, sand spit was washed up at Sewells Point. With the help of the Great Coastal Hurricane of 1806, Willoughby Spit was formed. The area of...
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  • Heights Wards Corner Business District West Freemason West Ocean View Willoughby Spit Young Terrace Historic Districts in Norfolk Many of Norfolk's neighborhoods...
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    lightship was established at Hampton Roads. It was first placed at Willoughby Spit, on the south side of the harbor. The weather conditions proved to...
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  • States government. The first US lightship was put in place off of Willoughby Spit in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, in 1820. Lightships remained in service...
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    Between the tip of the Virginia Peninsula near Old Point Comfort and the Willoughby Spit area of Norfolk in South Hampton Roads, a channel leads from Hampton...
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    Virginia at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Other early flights took place at Willoughby Spit near Norfolk. In modern times, major commercial airports are located...
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    Fort Monroe. At this point, Lincoln directed the invasion to be on Willoughby Spit, away from the Confederate batteries, the next day. On the morning...
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    the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads, directly across from Norfolk's Willoughby Spit. Mill Creek was located in Elizabeth Cittie [sic], one of four corporations...
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    are the Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel between Phoebus in Hampton and Willoughby Spit in Norfolk and the Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel between...
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    Beach, and Fort Monroe, before crossing Hampton Roads and passing over Willoughby Spit en-route to the Norfolk Navy Base. The crash of the Roma was caused...
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    automobile-ferry service from Old Point Comfort across Hampton Roads to Willoughby Spit was replaced on November 1, 1957 by the new Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel...
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    cruiser USS Birmingham at Hampton Roads, Virginia and landed nearby on Willoughby Spit after some five minutes in the air. On 18 January 1911, he became the...
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    Route 337 Battle of Hampton Roads Jamestown Exposition Sewell's Point Willoughby Spit Ocean View Lambert's Point Bower's Hill Craney Island Military Highway...
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    Park Manor VA 10.0 inches (25 cm) Stone Bridge VA 10.0 inches (25 cm) Willoughby Spit VA 9.0 inches (23 cm) Gliden NC 7.3 inches (19 cm) Pleasantville NJ...
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  • Roads to Norfolk 1957 36°59′14″N 76°18′20″W Replaced ferries from Willoughby Spit to Old Point Comfort and Pine Beach to Small Boat Harbor Monitor-Merrimac...
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  • to Spit Junction 53: Chatswood to Milson Point wharf 95: Gladesville to Spit Junction 144: Manly to Spit Junction 149: Manly to Newport 214: Spit Junction...
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    Bridge–Tunnel City of Norfolk 272.54 438.61 70 272 W. Ocean View Avenue – Willoughby Spit 274.28 441.41 71 273 US 60 east (4th View Street) – Ocean View East...
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  • hurricane produced a huge tidal surge of 15 feet. Responsible for creating Willoughby Spit, a small area of land near Norfolk that was inside the Chesapeake Bay...
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    commission from the USNA in 1954, he served briefly in Flying boats at Willoughby Spit and on board the USS Arneb (AKA-56) before entering the Submarine school...
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