Fuel, supplies, and slips are available, and repairs can be made. A 75-ton marine railway and a 40-ton mobile hoist are available at Newport News Creek.
Two main Federal project channels, marked by buoys, lead through Hampton Roads. The Newport News Channel, with a 55-foot project depth leads westward to the waterfront at Newport News at the entrance to James River.
Newport News Middle Ground Light (36°56’43″N., 76°23’29″W.), 52 feet above the water, is shown from a red conical tower on a red cylindrical pier in 15 feet of water near the western end of the Newport News Middle Ground Shoal.
The city of Newport News extends several miles along the northeast bank of James River.
Newport News Creek, just west of Newport News Point is a city-owned small-boat harbor used by fishing boats, pleasure craft and petroleum barges. In 2010, the controlling depth was 11 feet (12 feet at midchannel) in the dredged channel to the head of the project. Vessels entering the creek should not cut between Buoy 1 and the bridge-tunnel interchange as the bridge-tunnel interchange is surrounded by shoal riprap.