Colonial Parkway

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The Colonial National Historical Parkway is a 23-mile scenic parkway stretching from the York River at Yorktown VA to the James River at Jamestown VA. It was built between 1930 and 1957 as an integral part of Colonial National Historical Park, connecting Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial Williamsburg, and Historic Jamestown.

As a controlled-access parkway with most intersections by grade-separated interchanges, it involves a number of bridges and one tunnel. They are very similar looking closed-spandrel concrete arch overpass bridges faced with colonial-style dark red brick. They feature molded shape colonial style red brick railings. Some of them also feature a separate walkway for pedestrians on the underneath roadway. The road is carried in a tunnel under Colonial Williamsburg, with the tunnel portals faced with colonial brickwork.

For more information see:

https://www.nps.gov/colo/parkway.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Parkway

Colonial Parkway - Lafayette Street Bridge (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1936
Pair of arch bridges over Colonial Parkway on Lafayette Street/C&O Railroad in Williamsburg
Open to traffic above and below

Colonial Parkway - Page Street Bridge (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1936
Arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on Page Street/Capitol Landing
Open to traffic

Colonial Parkway Bridge (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1936
Concrete arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on VA 31 (Page Street)
Open to traffic

Colonial Parkway Bridge (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1936
Brick arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on Lafayette Street
Open to traffic

Colonial Parkway Bridge (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1936
Concrete arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on VA 31 (Page Street) in Cascade
Open to traffic

Colonial Parkway Bridge (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1936
Concrete arch bridge over VA 31 (Page Street) on Colonial Parkway
Open to traffic

Colonial Parkway Bridge (York County, Virginia)
Built 1955
Arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on Route 1020

Colonial Parkway Bridge (York County, Virginia)
Built 1956
Concrete arch bridge over Route 1020 on Colonial Parkway in Yorktown
Unknown status

Colonial Parkway Tunnel (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1942, opened to traffic 1949.
Tunnel under Francis Street, Duke of Gloucester Street, and Nicholson Street on Colonial Parkway
Open to traffic

Newport Avenue Bridge (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1957
Concrete arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on Newport Avenue
Open to traffic

Newport Avenue Bridge (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Built 1957
Concrete arch bridge over Colonial Parkway on Newport Avenue in Williamsburg
Open to traffic