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Kings Highway Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost swing bridge over Nansemond River on Kings Highway in Suffolk
- Location
- Suffolk, Virginia
- Status
- Bridge was demolished in 2007
- History
- Built 1928; rehabilitated 1985; closed to traffic 2005; removed 2007
- Design
- Through truss swing bridge
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 2,540.2 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Nansemond River Bridge
Nick Wright Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.83833, -76.55000 (decimal degrees)
36°50'18" N, 76°32'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/361790/4078059 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Chuckatuck
- Inventory numbers
- VA 22079 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33882 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 19, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- January 1, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed typo
- November 27, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
- January 15, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
- January 23, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added links to images;
- April 3, 2010: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge was demolished in 2007
Sources
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- Douglas Butler
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
Kings Highway Bridge
We need our bridge back !!! The oldest road in America needs it’s bridge!!! Suffolk is in grid lock with only one bridge across the Nansemond River and the historical towns of Driver and Chuckatuck have suffered badly... The people of Suffolk have suffered badly.. Crittenden rd, Nansemond parkway and Bennett’s Pasture as well as rt. 17 with traffic gridlock .... WE NEED OUR BRIDGE BACK !!!
Kings Highway Bridge
I Wish They Replaced this bridge
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We need our bridge back !!! The oldest road in America needs it’s bridge!!! Suffolk is in grid lock with only one bridge across the Nansemond River and the historical towns of Driver and Chuckatuck have suffered badly... The people of Suffolk have suffered badly.. Crittenden rd, Nansemond parkway and Bennett’s Pasture as well as rt. 17 with traffic gridlock .... WE NEED OUR BRIDGE BACK !!!