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Colonial Parkway Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.239444,-76.523611

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Carries VA 238 over Colonial Parkway
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 58.1 Feet
Span Length: 58.1 Feet

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on VA 238 in Yorktown
History: Built 1956
Built: 1956

Location: York County

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Colonial Parkway Bridge

Status: Unknown status

Location: 37.239385,-76.523612

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Carries Colonial Parkway over Route 1020
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 58.1 Feet
Span Length: 58.1 Feet

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Route 1020 on Colonial Parkway in Yorktown
History: Built 1956
Built: 1956

Location: York County

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George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 37.243333,-76.506667

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Carries US 17 over York River
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 3755.1 Feet
Span Length: 500.0 Feet

Overview: Swing bridge over York River on US 17 in Gloucester Point
History: Built 1952; rehabilitated 1996
Built: 1952

Location: York County

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264119

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VIRGINIA: YORKTOWN: Coleman Memorial Bridge at dusk

Photo taken by Douglas W. Reynolds Jr.

264138

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

264139

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

312150

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General View To Northeast From The 'Fusilier' Redoubt' (Part Of The Yorktown Battlefield Administered By Colonial National Historical Park) West Of Yorktown

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312151

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General View Looking Northwest

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312152

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General View Looking Southeast

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312153

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General View Looking Northeast From South Bank Of York River

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312154

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Roadway Approach From The Gloucester Side, Looking Southwest

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312155

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Roadway Approach From The Yorktown Side, Looking Northeast

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312156

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View Of Roadway From Bridge House At 1s, Looking Northeast Toward Gloucester Point

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312157

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General View Of Girder Approach Spans At Gloucester Point, Looking Southwest

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312158

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Seating Of Girder Span At South Abutment. Fabricator's Plate Reads 'Virginia Bridge Company 1950,' Accompanied By The Logo Of United States Steel

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312159

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Girder Approach On Yorktown Side, Showing Piers 8s-5s (Left To Right), And Floorbeam/Stringer System. View Looking North

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312160

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Girder Approach On Gloucester Side, With Pier 6n In Foreground. View Looking Northeast

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312161

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Piers 5s And 4s, Showing Transition At 4s From Girder Span To 'Suspended' Truss Span At U0. View Looking West

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312162

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Detail Of Bottom Cord-End Post Connection And Fixed Shoe At L0

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312163

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View To Southwest From Gloucester Side, Showing Pier 3n At Center

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312164

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View To Northeast From Yorktown Side, From Pier 4s (Right Foreground)

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312165

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View To Northeast, Piers 2s, 1s, 1n (Right To Left), With Barrier Gate And Bridge House Above

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312166

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View To Northeast, Piers 3s And 2s (Right To Left)

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312167

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Representative View Of Bottom Lateral Bracing, View To Southeast Toward Pier 2s

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312168

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Representative View Through Trusses, Taken From Below Roadway At 1s

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312169

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View To Southeast At Centerline (U37) Where Swing Spans Meet. Pivot Pier 1n At Left, Pivot Pier 1s At Right

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

312170

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SOUTH SWING SPAN (1S), SHOWING PLACEMENT OF BRIDGE HOUSE AND GENERATOR HOUSE.

312171

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VIEW TO NORTHWEST FROM YORKTOWN SIDE, SHOWING SWING SPANS IN FULL OPEN POSITION

312172

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VIEW TO NORTHEAST, NORTH SWING SPAN IN FULL OPEN POSITION

312173

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VIEW TO NORTHEAST FROM BRIDGE HOUSE. SOUTH SWING SPAN (SEEN AS THE ROADWAY IN FOREGROUND) HAS CLOSED, NORTH SWING SPAN IS APPROACHING CLOSURE.

312174

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VIEW TO SOUTHWEST TOWARD RIVERWARD END OF FIXED SPAN (U22)

312175

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DETAIL OF BASCULE-TYPE SHEAR LOCK AT U22.

312176

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CENTER PIVOT, SOUTH SWING SPAN

312177

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REPRESENTATIVE CENTER WEDGE. BALANCE WHEELS ON TRACK, WITH RACK TO OUTSIDE, SHOWN TO RIGHT OF THE WEDGE. PHOTO TAKEN AT SOUTH SWING SPAN

312178

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SOUTH SWING SPAN, SHOWING REPRESENTATIVE REDUCTION GEAR/MOTOR DRIVE UNIT (CENTER) AND WEDGE MOTOR UNIT (RIGHT).

312179

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REPRESENTATIVE INTERIOR VIEW OF PIVOT PIER SHAFT, TAKEN AT 1S.

312180

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BRIDGE HOUSE, ATOP SOUTH SWING SPAN. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST

312181

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INTERIOR VIEW OF BRIDGE HOUSE, SHOWING OPERATOR'S CONSOLE.

315140

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Coleman Bridge

Virginia Department of Transportation

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George P. Coleman Bridge

The George P. Coleman Bridge (Route 17) is a 3,750-foot-long double-swing-span bridge located in Yorktown. The bridge crosses the York River and links York and Gloucester counties. (Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)

Virginia Department of Transportation

315145

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George P. Coleman Bridge

Coleman Bridge at sunrise.(Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)

Virginia Department of Transportation

315146

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George P. Coleman Bridge

Coleman Bridge at sunrise.(Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)

Virginia Department of Transportation

508813

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View from Yorktown

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in July 2021

508814

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Pivot mechanism

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in July 2021

508815

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View from Yorktown, swivel span

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in July 2021

508816

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View from Yorktown

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in July 2021

508817

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Underside of approach on Yorktown side

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in July 2021

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Colonial Parkway Bridge

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Location: 37.239043,-76.523333

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Carries Route 1020 over Colonial Parkway
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 56.1 Feet
Span Length: 56.1 Feet

Overview: Arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on Route 1020
History: Built 1955
Built: 1955

Location: York County

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NWS Yorktown Ammunition Pier Lift Bridge

Status: Open to authorized vehicles only

Location: 37.257235,-76.535082

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Carries York Naval over York River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Bridge over York River on York Naval
History: Built 1963
Built: 1963

Location: York County

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Yorktown Naval Station Bridge VA

Photo taken by Waymarking Moving bridges

424594

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2018


Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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