The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge (known locally as simply the Coleman Bridge) is a double swing bridge that spans the York River between Gloucester County and York County between Yorktown, Virginia and Gloucester Point, Virginia. It connects the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula regions of Tidewater Virginia.
Originally built in 1952, it was reconstructed and widened in 1995 through an unusual process which greatly reduced the time the importan...
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The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge (known locally as simply the Coleman Bridge) is a double swing bridge that spans the York River between Gloucester County and York County between Yorktown, Virginia and Gloucester Point, Virginia. It connects the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula regions of Tidewater Virginia.
Originally built in 1952, it was reconstructed and widened in 1995 through an unusual process which greatly reduced the time the important commuter artery was out-of-service from conventional methods. The current 3,750-foot (1,140 m)-long double-swing-span swing bridge carries U.S. Highway 17, a 4-lane arterial highway. The movable span is needed to allow ship access to several military installations that are upstream of the bridge, most notably, the U.S. Navy's Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. The roadways are almost 90 feet (27 m) above the river at the highest point of the bridge. The bridge is the largest double swing bridge in the United States, and second largest in the...
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