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When the modern city of Virginia Beach was created in 1963, by the consolidation of the 253 square mile (655 km²) Princess Anne County with the 2 square mile (5 km²) City of Virginia Beach, the newly larger city was divided into seven boroughs: Bayside, Blackwater, Kempsville, Lynnhaven, Princess Anne, Pungo, and Virginia Beach. On July 1, 1998, five of the seven boroughs of Virginia Beach were replaced by voting districts for election purposes. Blackwater and Pungo were incorporated into the Princess Anne district and two new districts, Rose Hall and Centerville emerged in the western part of the city. Most of the city's residential and business development is in the northern half of the city, while most of the land area in the southern half is still taken up by agriculture. New developments are beginning to creep southward, however, as suburbanization grows. The city's roads are not arranged in any particular pattern, primarily due to the presence of many water inlets. I-64, a portion of the Hampton Roads Beltway, forms a loop around the city of Norfolk, and is located just outside the western border of the city. I-64 forms a junction with I-264 (formerly the Norfolk-Virginia Beach Expressway), which runs from west to east across the city to the oceanfront. Other major roads include Virginia Beach Boulevard (US 58), Shore Drive (US 60), which connects to Atlantic Avenue at the oceanfront, Princess Anne Road (VA 165), Indian River Road (VA 603), Lynnhaven Parkway, Independence Boulevard and Nimmo Pkwy. Streets in the oceanfront hotel and entertainment district are arranged in a fairly regular, gridlike pattern, with Atlantic Avenue parallel to the shoreline, then Pacific Avenue, and Arctic Avenue going further inland. Virginia Beach has many distinctive communities and neighborhoods within its boundaries, including Chesapeake Beach, Great Neck, King's Grant, Alanton, Green Run, Bayside, Blackwater, Croatan Beach, Doyletown, Great Neck, Greenwich, the North End, Kempsville, London Bridge, Lynnhaven, Munden, Oceana, Ocean Park, Pembroke, Princess Anne, Pungo, Salem, Sandbridge, Shadowlawn, Thalia, Thoroughgood, and the original Virginia Beach resort strip. Information provided by Wikipedia CLICK HERE for helpful links to Virginia Beach community websites.
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