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The bridge is the largest double-swing-span bridge in the United States, and second largest in the world. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The toll bridge was named for George P. Coleman , who from 1913 to 1922 was the head of the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, predecessor to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).
When the security zone is enforced, the bridge will open Monday through Friday (except federal holidays) as follows: ∎ On the half-hour, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. ∎ On the hour and half-hour, from 9 ...
The only vehicular crossing of the York River is the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, a swing-type drawbridge which carries U.S. Highway 17 between Yorktown and Gloucester Point. The toll bridge , which was rebuilt and expanded in the mid-1990s, collects a $2 toll for automobile traffic; the fee is collected only from northbound drivers.
The original Downtown Tunnel in conjunction with the Berkley Bridge were considered a single bridge and tunnel complex when completed in 1952, perhaps stimulating the innovative bridge-tunnel design using man-made islands when the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel was planned, first opening in 1957. The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge is a major ...
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A new opening schedule allow continuous motor vehicle traffic over the bridge during rush our. Shawn Hill photo Currently, the swing mechanism on the bridge opens once an hour on the half hour to ...
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Colemans Bridge (road view) Coleman's Bridge is a Dare-type timber truss road bridge. It has two timber truss spans, each of 32 metres (105 ft). There are tow timber approach spans at one end and one at the other giving the bridge an overall length of 90.7 metres (298 ft). The bridge has a twin cylindrical cast iron central pier. Timber ...