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Bower's Hill is a community located in the independent city of Chesapeake, Virginia (fomerly Norfolk County) in the United States. It is located in the South Hampton Roads region at the northeastern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp, an area consisting of generally low-lying sandy terrain of the coastal plain. Norfolk County 1895 Virginia map File links The following pages link to this file: Norfolk County, Virginia Bowers Hill, Virginia Building the Virginian Railway Categories: NowCommons | Author died more than 100 years ago public domain images ...
Norfolk County 1895 Virginia map File links The following pages link to this file: Norfolk County, Virginia Bowers Hill, Virginia Building the Virginian Railway Categories: NowCommons | Author died more than 100 years ago public domain images ...
Norfolk County, Virginia (from 1895 map), existed from 1691-1963, now extinct Norfolk County is an extinct political subdivision in eastern Virginia. ...
Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender October 3 - Treaty of Limerick which guaranteed civil rights to catholics was signed. ...
1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
An independent city is a city in the United States of America that does not belong to any county, but rather interacts directly with the state government. ...
Chesapeake is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads region of eastern Virginia in the United States. ...
Norfolk County, Virginia (from 1895 map), existed from 1691-1963, now extinct Norfolk County is an extinct political subdivision in eastern Virginia. ...
South Hampton Roads is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States. ...
Headline text Link title The Great Dismal Swamp is located in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. ...
In geography, a coastal plain is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features. ...
Popular legend has that it was named for an early highway overpass on the Military Highway which was built around 1943. However, maps dating from the 19th century show a place named "Bower's Hill". Other information in archives at the Library of Virginia also dates the name to a time prior to the construction of the Military Highway.
In any event, the area now justifies its name with an elaborate interchange of overpasses at the juncture of three Interstate highways and three arterial (U.S.) highways. Bower's Hill is also the possible location of a future high speed rail passenger station. A typical rural stretch of Interstate Highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ...
History: before the Interstate highways
Bower's Hill, which was in now-extinct Norfolk County near the northeastern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp, became a crossroads as highways and railroads were built through the area in the 20th century. The natural terrain of the coastal plain of the Tidewater area is very flat and sandy. The combination of U.S. Highway 13, U.S. Highway 58, and U.S. Highway 460, known as the Military Highway, was a 4-lane undivided highway that was built about 1943. A large s-shaped highway overpass was constructed to carry the traffic across the Virginian Railway tracks to eliminate an at-grade crossing. Norfolk County, Virginia (from 1895 map), existed from 1691-1963, now extinct Norfolk County is an extinct political subdivision in eastern Virginia. ...
Headline text Link title The Great Dismal Swamp is located in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. ...
In geography, a coastal plain is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features. ...
Source and External Link U.S. Highways: from US 1 to (US 830) (Robert V. Droz) Categories: Stub | United States Highway system ...
United States Highway 58 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 508 miles from Virginia Beach, Virginia to northeast Tennessee. ...
U.S. Highway 460 is a spur of U.S. Highway 60. ...
The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class 1 railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. ...
The highway there originally was 4-lane undivided with a 45-mph S-curve as the highway passed on a bridge over the railroad, and with short approach fills with considerable grades to the bridge. The feature became known as Bower's Hill. As one of the highest features for miles around, the newly-created overpass at Bower's Hill became something of a landmark for travelers in the 1950s and 1960s before creation of the U.S. Interstate Highway System beginning in 1956. 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 1963, the voters of Norfolk County and the independent city of South Norfolk chose to consolidate into a new city, and Chesapeake was formed. Still rural Bower's Hill was now part of a city. 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
South Norfolk was an independent city in eastern Virginia. ...
Chesapeake is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads region of eastern Virginia in the United States. ...
Interstate Highways: Expanding the crossroads The first portions of Interstate 264 were opened beginning in 1964 and in 1966 were completed from Bower's Hill to the western approach to the Downtown Tunnel in Portsmouth. Interstate 264 is an unusual 3-digit interstate that contains both a bypass and a spur off Interstate 64 in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. ...
1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
The Downtown Tunnel on Interstate 264 crosses the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in the South Hampton Roads area. ...
Portsmouth is an independent city located in Virginia. ...
Interstate 64, the region's major east-west artery was built through the area beginning in the 1960s. The 22 miles of I-64 between US-460 at Wards Corner in Norfolk and Bower's Hill in Chesapeake was completed in 1969. To reach the eastern terminus of the 945-mile interstate highway at Bower's Hill, eastbound I-64 was actually built in a westerly direction for its final eight miles. By 1970, Bower's Hill had two Interstate Highways, and 3 arterial highways. Interstate 64 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. ...
1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...
An additional crossing of Hampton Roads, to supplement the James River Bridge and the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel was a long-sought highway improvement in the area. A north-south roadway between Bower's Hill and the Churchland area was also needed. Planning for what became Interstate 664 began as early as 1964. Hampton Roads, Virginia 1858 Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the United States. ...
James River Bridge, near Hampton Roads in Virginia. ...
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) is the 3. ...
Interstate 664 is an interstate highway located in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia in the eastern United States. ...
One of the more recent portions of the interstate highway system to be built in Virginia, I-664 was completed in April 1992. The 20.7 mile long highway connects Bower's Hill with Hampton. I-664 includes the 4.6-mile-long Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel across Hampton Roads between the independent cities of Newport News and Suffolk. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hampton is an independent city located in Virginia. ...
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMMBT) is the 4. ...
Newport News is an independent city located in Virginia. ...
Suffolk is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area of eastern Virginia. ...
Major overpasses were built in conjunction with I-664, and its junction with the other highways, dwarfing the original four-laned highway bridge which still stands nearby.
Hampton Roads Beltway In January, 1997, the 56-mile-long I-64/I-664 loop was designated by the Virginia Department of Transportation (and signed) as the Hampton Roads Beltway. The beltway has the clockwise direction (as looking down at a map of the area) signed as the Inner Loop, and the counter-clockwise direction signed as the Outer Loop. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hampton Roads Beltway is a loop of Interstate 64 and Interstate 664 highways which link the communities of the Virginia Peninsula and South Hampton Roads which surround the body of water known as Hampton Roads in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States. ...
Tiny, once-rural Bower's Hill, was now on the Beltway!
South Hampton Roads High Speed Rail The Virginia General Assembly commissioned several studies of the possibility of establishing high speed passenger rail service between Richmond and South Hampton Roads. The under-utilized former Virginian Railway main line through the area (now owned by Norfolk Southern, was identified as a feasible corridor. The Virginia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Virginia. ...
Richmond is the capital of the state of Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) of the United States of America. ...
South Hampton Roads is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States. ...
The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class 1 railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. ...
Norfolk Southern Corporation (AAR reporting mark NS) (NYSE: NSC) is a US publicly-traded stock corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia. ...
The Bower's Hill area was named as the preferred location for the site of a suburban passenger rail station, with the only other station to be in downtown Norfolk. While those plans are only in a study-phase, in the 21st century, Bower's Hill may become even more of a transportation hub.
External links - Roads to the Future website (http://www.roadstothefuture.com/)
- Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Hampton Roads official website (http://www.virginiadot.org/quick/hampton_quick.asp)
- Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation official website (http://www.drpt.state.va.us/)
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