Dominion Boulevard Steel Bridge

Steel Bridge
Carries	US 17
Crosses	Elizabeth River (Virginia)
Locale	Chesapeake, Virginia
Official name	Dominion Blvd. Steel Bridge
Owner	City of Chesapeake
Statistics
Toll	$1 (beginning 2017)

Dominion Boulevard Steel Bridge (known locally as simply the Steel Bridge) was a double-leaf bascule, two-lane drawbridge which spanned the Southern Branch Elizabeth River in the City of Chesapeake in South Hampton Roads in southeastern Virginia. It carried U.S. Route 17 (US 17) which is Dominion Boulevard (formerly numbered as State Route 104). The bridge was built in 1962 and was operated by the City of Chesapeake. It was demolished in December 2014, following the opening of the first span of the new Veterans Bridge.

Dominion Blvd widening

In January 2013, Chesapeake Public Works began construction on a $345 million fixed-bridge replacement project. The project, scheduled to be completed in 2017, will expand Dominion Blvd to four lanes from the intersection of Cedar Road & Moses Grady Trail to the interchange of Great Bridge Blvd.. The new bridge will also be tolled, at the rate of $1 beginning in 2017.

External links

• City of Chesapeake, Virginia - Steel Bridge webpage