Eastern Shore of Virginia Welcome Center, Esva Tourism Commission

the delmarva peninsula, a dangling appendage 180 miles long that is suspended between the delaware and chesapeake bays, is attached to the mainland only by a thin sliver of land less than 15 miles wide where the states of pennsylvania, maryland and delaware come together. the only connection of virginia's eastern shore - the fingerlike tip at the bottom of the peninsula - with the rest of the state is a 17.6 mile bridge tunnel across the mouth of the chesapeake bay. the eastern shore of virginia tourism commission and its welcome center is dedicated to promoting tourism on virginia's eastern shore.