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Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, an Uncommon card
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel is a 17.6-mile bridge–tunnel that crosses the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay between Delmarva and Hampton Roads in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It opened in 1964, ______ ferries that had operated since the 1930s.
Answer
replacing. It opened in 1964, replacing ferries that had operated since the 1930s. From the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
African buffalo. African buffalo 78 · Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel 75 · Tarsier 72 · Beluga 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Juniper. Juniper 260,000 · Beluga 180,000 · Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel 140,000 · Osnabrück 96,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It opened in 1964, replacing ferries that had operated since the 1930s.
- A major project to dualize its bridges was completed in 1999, and in 2017 a similar project was started to dualize one of its tunnels.
- With 12 miles of bridges and two one-mile-long tunnels, the CBBT is one of only 15 bridge–tunnel systems in the world and one of three in both Hampton Roads and the United States.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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