Bridge Frustration of An Unusual Kind
As Skipper Paul reports the old Steel Bridge is no more, replaced by a 95ft fixed bridge. While his report is definitely good news for other cruisers, we offer him condolences on a missed dining opportunity and we’re delighted that Paul could laugh at himself! See /?p=106464 for the remaining construction details.
On Friday, April 10, northbound, I stopped at Great Bridge at 1545 thinking I would be held up until 1800 at Steel Bridge. To my surprise (and chagrin), the next morning lock-though brought me to a functioning high-rise `steel bridge’; the old low-slung steel bridge was no more. Another on-the -hour obstruction gone south of Norfolk. That’s the good news. Had I known, however, I could have kept on and dined that Friday evening at one of my favorite spots along the AICW, Portsmouth’s Cafe Europa, That’s the source of my chagrin.
Paul
Click Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s Virginia Bridge Directory Listing For Dominion Blvd. Bridge
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Dominion Blvd. Bridge
Comments from Cruisers (1)
If I remember, and read the charts correctly (much greater likelihood of that) then that means there are only two real bridge obstructions through that area – the two Norfolk Southern railway bridges (and the corresponding highway bridge with the southern one of those).
That’s really good news.