Coleman Bridge

The Coleman Bridge as seen from Yorktown as it connects with Gloucester Point.
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Carries	4 lanes of US 17
Crosses	York River
Locale	Yorktown, Virginia
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Toll	$2.00 (northbound) Smart Tag/E-ZPass
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The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge (known locally as simply the Coleman Bridge) is a swing bridge that spans the York River between Gloucester County and York County at Yorktown, Virginia. It connects the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula regions of Tidewater Virginia. Image File history File links ColemanBridge. ... Categories: Road stubs | United States Highway system | U.S. Highways in Florida ... York River can refer to: The York River in Virginia in the United States. ... York Hall is a government building on Yorktowns historic Main Street. ... The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) is a database, compiled by the Federal Highway Administration, with information on all bridges and tunnels in the United States that have roads passing above or below. ... Smart TAG is the Malaysian electronic payment system after Touch n Go. ... E-ZPass (Fast Lane in Massachusetts, Smart Tag in Virginia, I-Pass in Illinois) is the electronic toll collection system used on most toll bridges and toll roads in the eastern United States from Virginia to Maine, and recently extended into Illinois. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... GPS satellite in orbit, image courtesy of NASA GPS redirects here. ... A swing bridge is a bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring at or near to its center, about which it can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration below. ... The York River is a navigable estuary, approximately 40 mi (64 km) long, in eastern Virginia in the United States. ... Location in the state of Virginia Formed 1651 Seat Gloucester Area  - Total  - Water 746 km² (288 mi²) 185 km² (71 mi²) 24. ... Location in the state of Virginia Formed 1634 Seat Yorktown Area  - Total  - Water 558 km² (216 mi²) 285 km² (110 mi²) 50. ... York Hall is a government building on Yorktowns historic Main Street. ... The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. ... The Middle Peninsula is, as its name implies, the middle of three peninsulas on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. ...

The 3,750-foot-long double-swing-span drawbridge 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. The roadways are almost 90 feet above the river at the highest point of the bridge. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Bascule bridge. ... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION POSTMILE {{{junction}}} Legend BROWSE STATE HWYS {{{browse}}} United States Highway 17 is a north-south United States highway. ... A log bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. ...

The toll bridge was named for George P. Coleman, who from 1913 to 1922, was the head of the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, predecessor to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The bridge has been one of the sites of a special program to establish and encourage nesting locations for the peregrine falcon population of Virginia. Paying toll on passing a bridge. ... Binomial name Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 The Peregrine Falcon or, formerly, in North America, Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus) is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a large crow: 38-53 cm (15 to 21 inches) long. ...

The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge is a toll-facility.

External links

• PBS.org description of the bridge
• Structurae bridge profile
• VDOT website for Peregrine Falcon news