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320 ft (98 m) (flood storage) The John H. Kerr Reservoir (often called Kerr Lake in North Carolina and Bugg's Island Lake in Virginia) [1] is a reservoir along the border of the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the John H. Kerr Dam across the Roanoke River between 1947 and 1952 to produce ...
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area. Kerr Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Vance and Warren counties, North Carolina, in the United States. Located north of Henderson near the North Carolina- Virginia border, it includes 3,376 acres (13.66 km 2) [1] of woodlands along the shores of the 50,000-acre (202 km 2) man-made ...
U.S. Route 58 (US 58) is an east–west U.S. Highway that runs for 508 miles (818 km) from U.S. Route 25E just northwest of Harrogate, Tennessee, to U.S. Route 60 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Until 1996, when the Cumberland Gap Tunnel opened, US 58 ran only inside the commonwealth of Virginia (and it now runs only about 1 mile outside of ...
227 MW. Annual generation. 426.749 GWh. John H. Kerr Dam is concrete gravity- dam located on the Roanoke River in Virginia, creating Kerr Lake. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1947 and 1953 for the purposes of flood control, and hydropower. The dam also serves wildlife resources, forest conservation, and public ...
Lake Gaston is a reservoir in the eastern United States. [1] Part of the lake is in the North Carolina counties of Halifax, Northampton, and Warren. The part extending into Virginia lies in Brunswick and Mecklenburg counties. Lake Gaston is roughly 35 miles (56 km) long and covers over 20,000 acres (81 km 2), with 350 miles (560 km) of shoreline.
Newport News (/ ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [ 6 ] is an independent city in southeastern 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. The city is at the southeastern end of the ...
John H. Kerr Reservoir. The Dan River flows 214 miles (344 km) [5] in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it flows back into Virginia through Pittsylvania County before reentering ...
13. Hilton Village. Hilton Village. June 23, 1969(#69000341) Bounded by the James River, Post St., the former Chesapeake and Ohio railroad tracks, and Hopkins St.37°01′51″N76°27′44″W / 37.030833°N 76.462222°W / 37.030833; -76.462222 (Hilton Village) 14. Hotel Warwick. Hotel Warwick.