Facts
- Overview
- Vertical lift bridge over South Branch Elizabeth River on VA 337 in Portsmouth
- Location
- Chesapeake, Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1926
- Design
- Vertical lift
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 284.1 ft.
Total length: 2,050.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.80667, -76.29500 (decimal degrees)
36°48'24" N, 76°17'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/384482/4074207 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Norfolk South
- Inventory number
- BH 33648 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 02/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 4.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1996)
- 3,776