List of crossings of the James River

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This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia , from the Chesapeake Bay upstream to its source.

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Crossings

CrossingCarriesLocationBuiltCoordinatesImageNotes
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel I-64.svgUS 60.svg I-64  / US 60 Hampton Roads to Norfolk 195736°59′14″N 76°18′20″W Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.jpg Replaced ferries from Willoughby Spit to Old Point Comfort and Pine Beach to Small Boat Harbor
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel I-664.svg I-664 Suffolk, Virginia to Newport News, Virginia 1992 36°56′27″N76°24′06″W / 36.940837°N 76.401672°W / 36.940837; -76.401672 Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.jpg
James River Bridge US 17.svgUS 258.svgVirginia 32.svg US 17  / US 258  / SR 32 Isle of Wight County, VA to Newport News, VA 1982 36°59′28″N76°29′01″W / 36.9910°N 76.4836°W / 36.9910; -76.4836 James-river-bridge.jpg
Jamestown Ferry Virginia 31.svg SR 31 Jamestown 37°10′59″N76°52′43″W / 37.183°N 76.8786°W / 37.183; -76.8786
Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge Virginia 106.svgVirginia 156.svg SR 106  / SR 156 Hopewell1966 37°19′08″N77°13′26″W / 37.31889°N 77.22389°W / 37.31889; -77.22389 BenjaminHarrisonMemorialBridge.jpg Replaced Hopewell Ferry
Ferry [1] Circle sign 827.svg SR 827 (Allied Road) at Bermuda Hundred
Circle sign 608.svg SR 608 (Shirley Plantation Road) at Shirley
Abandoned
Woodson Ferry [1] Circle sign 746.svg SR 746 (Enon Church Road) at Meadowville
Varina Road at Varina
Abandoned
Varina-Enon Bridge I-295.svg I-295 Henricus, just East of199037°22′47″N 77°20′47″W 2017-07-13 18 49 10 View north along Interstate 295 (Varina-Enon Bridge) crossing the James River from Chesterfield County, Virginia to Henrico County, Virginia.jpg
Hatcher Island BridgePrivate roadChester, just North East of 37°23′07″N77°22′27″W / 37.385314°N 77.374070°W / 37.385314; -77.374070 Wooden bridge to privately-owned island crosses a side-channel of the James River. The main shipping channel lies to the south in the Aiken Swamp-Dutch Gap Cutoff
Cox's Ferry Circle sign 615.svg SR 615 (Coxendale Road) at Osborne's Landing
Cox's Landing
Abandoned
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge Virginia 895.svg SR 895 Bensley to northwest of Varina 200237°26′31″N 77°25′22″W Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge Richmond 0005 0001.jpg
Interstate 95 James River Bridge I-95.svg I-95 Richmond195837°31′41″N 77°25′45″W Northbound I-95 on James River Bridge (Richmond, VA) before descent.jpg
CSX Bellwood Subdivision James River Bridge Bellwood Subdivision 37°31′53″N77°25′54″W / 37.53139°N 77.43167°W / 37.53139; -77.43167
Mayo Bridge US 360.svg US 360 191337°31′45″N 77°26′03″W 14th Street Bridge, Richmond, ca 1917.jpg
Norfolk Southern James River Bridge Richmond District (Norfolk Southern) 37°31′49″N77°26′11″W / 37.53028°N 77.43639°W / 37.53028; -77.43639
Manchester Bridge US 60.svg US 60 197237°31′54″N 77°26′35″W Manchester-Richmond Bridge.jpg
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge
(demolished)
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad 1838-1882 37°31′56″N77°26′37″W / 37.53222°N 77.44361°W / 37.53222; -77.44361 Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge2.jpg
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Bridge
(demolished)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad demolished

1969

37°31′56″N77°26′37″W / 37.53222°N 77.44361°W / 37.53222; -77.44361
Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge US 1.svgUS 301.svg US 1  / US 301 1934 37°31′48.75″N77°27′2.19″W / 37.5302083°N 77.4506083°W / 37.5302083; -77.4506083 Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge from underneath, showing footbridge.jpg
Boulevard Bridge Virginia 161.svg SR 161 1925 37°31′54″N77°29′2″W / 37.53167°N 77.48389°W / 37.53167; -77.48389 Boulevard Bridge Richmond VA Alistar Harris.JPG
CSX A-Line Bridge North End Subdivision 1919 37°32′11″N77°29′38″W / 37.53639°N 77.49389°W / 37.53639; -77.49389 Atlantic coastline trestle.jpg
Powhite Parkway Bridge Virginia 76.svg SR 76 37°32′21″N 77°29′46″W
Huguenot Memorial Bridge Virginia 147.svg SR 147 Henrico195037°33′42″N 77°32′38″W
Edward E. Willey Bridge Virginia 150.svg SR 150 Richmond, just west of198937°33′34″N 77°34′17″W
World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge Virginia 288.svg SR 288 Henrico County and Powhatan County 200437.574630°N 77.680410°W
State Farm BridgeCircle sign 616.svg SR 616 Powhatan County and Goochland County
BridgeUS 522.svg US 522 Goochland
BridgeVirginia 45.svg SR 45 Cartersville, East of Goochland
Bridge Columbia
BBRR Rail Bridge Buckingham Branch Railroad Bremo Bluff and New Canton
John H. Cocke Memorial Bridge US 15.svg US 15 Bremo Bluff and New Canton
BridgeVirginia 20.svg SR 20 Scottsville
Hatton Ferry 37°45′30″N78°30′44″W / 37.758371°N 78.512305°W / 37.758371; -78.512305
BridgeCircle sign 602.svg SR 602 Howardsville
BridgeVirginia 56.svg SR 56 Wingina
BridgeUS 60.svg US 60 Bent Creek
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Joshua Falls
N&W Railroad Bridge - abandoned Norfolk and Western Railway Lynchburg, East of
Monacan BridgeUS 29.svg US 29 Lynchburg, East of
Pedestrian Bridge Blackwater Creek Nature Trail Lynchburg
Carter Glass Memorial Bridge Business plate.svg
US 29.svg
US 29 Bus. ( Lynchburg Expressway )
195437°24′40″N 79°08′01″W
Pedestrian Bridge Blackwater Creek Nature Trail
John Lynch Memorial Bridge Virginia 163.svg SR 163 1918-198737°25′09″N 79°08′20″W
NS Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway
Private Road Bridge Georgia-Pacific Big Island
Harry Flood Byrd Memorial Bridge Blue Ridge Parkway Big Island, West of Monroe 37°33'19.2"N 79°22'02.0"W
Snowden BridgeUS 501.svg US 501 Snowden
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation
Historic James River Foot Bridge Appalachian Trail
BridgeCircle sign 759.svg SR 759 Natural Bridge Station
NS Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway
BridgeCircle sign 614.svg SR 614 Arcadia
BridgeUS 11.svg US 11 Buchanan
BridgeI-81.svg I-81
BridgeCircle sign 630.svg SR 630 Springwood
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Lyle (1st crossing) 37°34′40″N79°44′34″W / 37.577853°N 79.742745°W / 37.577853; -79.742745
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Lyle (2nd crossing) 37°34′49″N79°44′45″W / 37.580220°N 79.745774°W / 37.580220; -79.745774
BridgeJames Street Eagle Rock
BridgeUS 220.svg US 220
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Baldwin
BridgeBridge Street Glen Wilton
BridgeUS 220.svg US 220 Iron Gate, South of 37°46′36″N79°46′43″W / 37.776621°N 79.778740°W / 37.776621; -79.778740
Head at confluence of Jackson and Cowpasture riversNo crossing Iron Gate, East of 37°47′04″N79°46′33″W / 37.784534°N 79.775842°W / 37.784534; -79.775842

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Virginia Department of Highways, Map of Chesterfield County Showing Primary and Secondary Highways, revised July 1, 1935, reprinted in the 1940 Census

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