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Coronado is a peninsula ("almost-island") connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land called the Silver
Strand (or, locally, The Strand.) Locals refer to it as The Island. Originally Coronado was separated from North
Island by a shallow channel called the Spanish Bight. The development of North Island by the U.S. Navy prior to World
War II led to the filling of the Bight, combining the land areas into a single body. The Navy still operates the
Naval Air Station, North Island (NASNI) on Coronado.
In 1969 the San Diego-Coronado Bridge was opened, allowing much faster transit between the cities than bay ferries
or driving via California Highway 75 along the Silver Strand.
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