Berkley Bridge
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Berkley Bridge
The town of Berkley was once a city on the shore of the Elizabeth River opposite of Norfolk. It has long since been a part of Norfolk, but the area is still known as the Berkley neighborhood.
This bridge is one of the few remaining moveable bridges on the Interstate Highway System.
Photo added by R. Manning
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over East Branch Elizabeth River on Westbound I-264 in Norfolk
- Location
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1952; rehabilitated 1991
- Design
- Twin-leaf Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 230.0 ft.
Total length: 2,124.1 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 54.1 ft.
- Also called
- East Branch Elizabeth River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.83833, -76.28667 (decimal degrees)
36°50'18" N, 76°17'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/385272/4077710 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Norfolk South
- Inventory numbers
- VA 20947 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33774 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2010)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 51.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1996)
- 35,500
Update Log
- September 2, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Update title to the better known name for the bridge
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
Comments
Sorry J.R.
I looked for the special Pink setting on my digital camera....but the closest thing I could find was Sepia.
You two jokers better post some pink pics of your own if we're all going to be purposeful pontists prolifically posting purportedly "pink" pics. :p~
HAHAHA........And he thought he would live that one down!
Or in your case there for awhile J.R. purposeful pontists prolifically posting "pink" pics . I'm sorry I just couldn't help myself.
You keep scaring me...I see your posts in the Forum and my first thought is, "Hey! I didn't write that!" and then I see the "J" is missing.
Welcome to our little group of purposeful pontists prolifically posting pics!
Here is a picture of the original Berkley Bridge, found on the Norfolk Public Library website. http://www.npl.lib.va.us/absoluteig/gallery/Streets_&_Bridges/Bridges/bridg12l.gif
Also, as of 2008, the Average Annual Daily Traffic Count was 44,000 on the Eastbound span and 48000 on the Westbound span, averaging 46,000/day
Could you change the name of this bridge to the "Berkley Bridge"? That is the name that 99.9% of everybody used when referring to this bridge. I also have attached a photo of the bridge. Having recently found your site, I am going to try to give you a good update for Norfolk, VA and the surrounding areas as my time permits.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/va/norfolk-city/20947/