Veterans Bridge (Chesapeake, Virginia)

Veterans Bridge
Carries four lanes of US 17
Crosses Elizabeth River (Virginia)
Locale Chesapeake, Virginia
Owner City of Chesapeake
Characteristics
Design fixed span
Longest span 2 x 285 feet (87 m)
Clearance below 95 feet (29 m)
History
Construction begin January 2013
Construction cost $345.2 million USD
Inaugurated December 2014
Opened
  • northbound span:
  • 2014
  • southbound span opening 2017
Replaces Dominion Boulevard Steel Bridge
Statistics
Toll
  • With EZ-Pass $1
  • Without: $3.50

The Veterans Bridge is a fixed span concrete bridge that spans the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in the Deep Creek neighborhood of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia. The bridge, which partially open in 2014, currently carries two lanes of U.S. Route 17  (US 17; Dominion Blvd) across its northbound span. When the southbound span is completed in late-2017, the entire bridge will be four lanes. The corridor frequently acts as a bypass route for congested I-64 High Rise Bridge traffic.

It replaces the much shorter and smaller Dominon Boulevard Steel Bridge, which because of its 11-foot underwater clearance opened on average of 16 times per day.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dominion Blvd US Route 17 Project Facts". www.cityofchesapeake.net. Retrieved 2016-07-18.


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