Below (and above): The
George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge (known locally as simply the Coleman
Bridge) is a double swing bridge that spans the York River between Yorktown
and Gloucester Point, in the United States state of Virginia. It connects
the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula regions of Tidewater, Virginia. The
bridge is the only public crossing of the York River, though State Route
33 crosses both of its tributaries (the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers)
just upriver of their confluence at West Point.
Originally built in 1952, it was reconstructed and widened
in 1995 through an unusual process which greatly reduced the time the
important commuter artery was out-of-service from conventional methods.
The current 3,750-foot long double-swing-span bridge carries United
States Route 17, a four-lane arterial highway. The movable span is needed
to allow ship access to several military installations that are upstream
of the bridge, most notably, the United States Navy's Naval Weapons
Station Yorktown. The roadways are almost 90 feet above the river at
the highest point of the bridge. The bridge is the largest double-swing-span
bridge in the United States, and second largest in the world, as of
this date at least. |
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