The Rte 17 bridge spans the York River at Yorktown
Photos by Kevin Dayhoff May 31, 2017
The Rte 17 bridge, which spans the York River at Yorktown
and Gloucester Point is known as the “The George P. Coleman Bridge,” according
to an article in “Roads
to the Future.” The article explains that the bridge “is a 3,750-foot-long
double-swing-span bridge located in Yorktown, Virginia, and the bridge crosses
the York River. http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Coleman_Bridge.html
The article further explains, “The Coleman Bridge was built as a 2-lane facility in 1952, and it
connects the counties of York and Gloucester. The bridge carries Route US-17, a
4-lane arterial highway through eastern Virginia. George P. Coleman, the
bridge's namesake, was the Commissioner (agency head) of the Virginia
Department of Highways, from 1913 to 1922.
“Due to increasing
traffic that had caused the 2-lane bridge to be congested during peak hours,
the bridge was widened and reconstructed to 4 lanes, with construction spanning
from August 1994 to August 1996. The prime design consultant for the project was
Parsons Brinckerhoff, and the prime construction contractor for the project was
Tidewater Construction Corporation, of Norfolk, Virginia (now Tidewater
Skanska, Inc.).
“The Coleman Bridge
main span has 450 feet of horizontal navigational clearance, and 60 feet of
vertical navigational clearance when the movable spans are closed. When the
movable spans are opened, there is unlimited vertical navigational clearance.
The York River has a natural depth of over 60 feet where the bridge's movable
spans are. The movable span is needed to allow ship access to several military
installations that are upstream of the bridge. The roadways are almost 90 feet
above the river at the highest point of the bridge.” Read the rest of the
article here: http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Coleman_Bridge.html
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