Gilmerton Bridge (New)
Photos
Gilmerton lift bridge closed
About complete
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2013
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
BH Photo #289019
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over South Branch Elizabeth River on Military Highway
- Location
- Chesapeake, Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 2014
- Design
- Through truss vertical lift
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.77524, -76.29493 (decimal degrees)
36°46'31" N, 76°17'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/384441/4070721 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Norfolk South
- Inventory number
- BH 61856 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 10, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
- December 16, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- February 8, 2015: Photos imported by Dave King
- August 6, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- July 23, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
Related Bridges
- Gilmerton Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Comments
If you're referring to the quadrangle map listing "Norfolk South", that's a separate map categorization altogether. It's more of a function that ties into sister site, LandmarkHunter.
Admittedly, I don't know how to really explain it other than it's essentially an apples-to-oranges comparison.
"Location
Chesapeake, Virginia"
recognizes that it's in the city of Chesapeake.
"Quadrangle map:
Norfolk South"
identifies it as being in that named map area, for LandmarkHunter purposes.
You should probably ignore the Quadrangle listing altogether unless you use LandmarkHunter regularly.
I do not know how many times I have to report it, but this bridge is listed as being in Norfolk as well as Chesapeake but this bridge is 3.5 miles(as the crow fly's) from the Norfolk city line and is entirely built in and taxed in the city of Chesapeake and Chesapeake alone.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/va/chesapeake-city/bh61856/
The source of the quadrangle map name is the name given by the USGS to their map of that area. "Norfolk South" is the name of the USGS map where Chesapeake is located. Both BridgeHunter and LandmarkHunter give the name for reference.