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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.

Crossings

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Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates Image Notes
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel I-64 / US 60 Hampton Roads to Norfolk 1957 36°59′14″N 76°18′20″W Replaced ferries from Willoughby Spit to Old Point Comfort and Pine Beach to Small Boat Harbor
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel I-664 Suffolk, Virginia to Newport News, Virginia 1992 36°56′27″N 76°24′06″W / 36.940837°N 76.401672°W / 36.940837; -76.401672
James River Bridge US 17 / US 258 / SR 32 Isle of Wight County, VA to Newport News, VA 1982 36°59′28″N 76°29′01″W / 36.9910°N 76.4836°W / 36.9910; -76.4836
Jamestown Ferry SR 31 Jamestown 37°10′59″N 76°52′43″W / 37.183°N 76.8786°W / 37.183; -76.8786
Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge SR 106 / SR 156 Hopewell 1966 37°19′08″N 77°13′26″W / 37.31889°N 77.22389°W / 37.31889; -77.22389 Replaced Hopewell Ferry
Ferry[1] SR 827 (Allied Road) at Bermuda Hundred
SR 608 (Shirley Plantation Road) at Shirley
Abandoned
Woodson Ferry[1] SR 746 (Enon Church Road) at Meadowville
Varina Road at Varina
Abandoned
Varina-Enon Bridge I-295 Henricus, just East of 1990 37°22′47″N 77°20′47″W
Hatcher Island Bridge Private road Chester, just North East of 37°23′07″N 77°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 SR 615 (Coxendale Road) at Osborne's Landing
Cox's Landing
Abandoned
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge SR 895 Bensley to northwest of Varina 2002 37°26′31″N 77°25′22″W
Interstate 95 James River Bridge I-95 Richmond 1958 37°31′41″N 77°25′45″W
CSX Bellwood Subdivision James River Bridge Bellwood Subdivision 37°31′53″N 77°25′54″W / 37.53139°N 77.43167°W / 37.53139; -77.43167
Mayo Bridge US 360 1913 37°31′45″N 77°26′03″W
Norfolk Southern James River Bridge Richmond District (Norfolk Southern) 37°31′49″N 77°26′11″W / 37.53028°N 77.43639°W / 37.53028; -77.43639
Manchester Bridge US 60 1972 37°31′54″N 77°26′35″W
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge
(demolished)
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad 1838-1882 37°31′56″N 77°26′37″W / 37.53222°N 77.44361°W / 37.53222; -77.44361
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Bridge
(demolished)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad demolished

1969

37°31′56″N 77°26′37″W / 37.53222°N 77.44361°W / 37.53222; -77.44361
Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge US 1 / US 301 1934 37°31′48.75″N 77°27′2.19″W / 37.5302083°N 77.4506083°W / 37.5302083; -77.4506083
Boulevard Bridge SR 161 1925 37°31′54″N 77°29′2″W / 37.53167°N 77.48389°W / 37.53167; -77.48389
CSX A-Line Bridge North End Subdivision 1919 37°32′11″N 77°29′38″W / 37.53639°N 77.49389°W / 37.53639; -77.49389
Powhite Parkway Bridge SR 76 37°32′21″N 77°29′46″W
Huguenot Memorial Bridge SR 147 Henrico 1950 37°33′42″N 77°32′38″W
Edward E. Willey Bridge SR 150 Richmond, just west of 1989 37°33′34″N 77°34′17″W
World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge SR 288 Henrico County and Powhatan County 2004 37.574630°N 77.680410°W
State Farm Bridge SR 616 Powhatan County and Goochland County
Bridge US 522 Goochland
Bridge 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 Bremo Bluff and New Canton
Bridge SR 20 Scottsville
Hatton Ferry Scottsville 37°45′30″N 78°30′44″W / 37.758371°N 78.512305°W / 37.758371; -78.512305
Bridge SR 602 Howardsville
Bridge SR 56 Wingina
Bridge US 60 Bent Creek
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Joshua Falls
N&W Railroad Bridge - abandoned Norfolk and Western Railway Lynchburg, East of
Monacan Bridge US 29 Lynchburg, East of
Pedestrian Bridge Blackwater Creek Nature Trail Lynchburg
Carter Glass Memorial Bridge
US 29 Bus. (Lynchburg Expressway)
Lynchburg 1954 37°24′40″N 79°08′01″W
Pedestrian Bridge Blackwater Creek Nature Trail Lynchburg
John Lynch Memorial Bridge SR 163 Lynchburg 1918-1987 37°25′09″N 79°08′20″W
NS Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Lynchburg
Private Road Bridge Georgia-Pacific Big Island
Bridge Blue Ridge Parkway Big Island, West of
Bridge US 501 Snowden
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Snowden
Pedestrian Bridge Appalachian Trail Snowden
Bridge SR 759 Natural Bridge Station
NS Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Natural Bridge Station
Bridge SR 614 Arcadia
Bridge US 11 Buchanan
Bridge I-81 Buchanan
Bridge SR 630 Springwood
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Lyle (1st crossing) 37°34′40″N 79°44′34″W / 37.577853°N 79.742745°W / 37.577853; -79.742745
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Lyle (2nd crossing) 37°34′49″N 79°44′45″W / 37.580220°N 79.745774°W / 37.580220; -79.745774
Bridge James Street Eagle Rock
Bridge US 220 Eagle Rock
CSX Railroad Bridge CSX Transportation Baldwin
Bridge Bridge Street Glen Wilton
Bridge US 220 Iron Gate, South of 37°46′36″N 79°46′43″W / 37.776621°N 79.778740°W / 37.776621; -79.778740
Head at confluence of Jackson and Cowpasture rivers No crossing Iron Gate, East of 37°47′04″N 79°46′33″W / 37.784534°N 79.775842°W / 37.784534; -79.775842

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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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