Why 20,000 tons of a demolished Virginia bridge became an artificial reef beneath Chesapeake Bay instead of ending up in a landfill

For decades, parts of Chesapeake Bay have quietly absorbed fragments of American infrastructure that had already lived one life elsewhere. Retired ships, concrete structures and carefully prepared materials have found a second purpose on the seabed, where currents, shellfish and algae gradually transform bare surfaces into living habitat.

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