The Richmond Metropolitan Authority is an independent authority and political subdivision which serves the Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

 metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

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. Created by an act of the Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 General Assembly

Virginia General Assembly

The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, established on July 30, 1619. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members,...

 in 1966, the RMA was originally tasked with building and maintaining a toll

Toll road

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 expressway

Controlled-access highway

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 system for the Richmond area. Since then, the role of the RMA has been expanded, and it currently owns and operates other facilities, including a number of parking decks and The Diamond, home stadium

Stadium

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 of the Richmond Braves

Richmond Braves

The Richmond Braves were the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and played in the International League. Colloquially referred to as the R-Braves, they were based in Richmond, Virginia, where they played from 1966, when the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta where their AAA team, the Crackers,...

 minor league

Minor league baseball

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 baseball

Baseball

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 team until 2008, and the current home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels

The Richmond Flying Squirrels are a minor league baseball team in Richmond, Virginia. The team, which is a part of the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants major league club, and plays at The Diamond...

. The Authority also operates historic Main Street Station on behalf of the City of Richmond.

Facilities operated by the RMA include:

• Downtown Expressway
• Powhite Parkway
• Boulevard Bridge
  Boulevard Bridge
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• The Diamond
• Main Street Station
  Main Street Station
  Main Street Station may refer to:*Main Street Station , a railroad station Richmond, Virginia*Main Street , a subway stop Toronto, Ontario*Flushing–Main Street , a subways stop in Flushing, New York...