High Rise Bridge
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High Rise Bridge | |
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I-64 | |
Crosses | Southern Branch Elizabeth River |
Locale | Chesapeake |
History | |
Construction start | 1969 |
Opened | 1972 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 73,000[1] |
Location | |
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The High Rise Bridge is a four-lane,
Because of the high impact a bridge opening has on traffic, the bridge only opens on a 24-hour advanced notice unless the scheduled lift time is during the bridge's restricted hours of 6–9 am and 3–6 pm, when a three-day notice is required. The current reconstruction project intends to produce a fixed bridge with 100 feet (30 m) clearance, expected to significantly reduce traffic delays associated with bridge lifts.[2]
History
On Wednesday November 10, 2010 after the 2:30 opening the bridge was stuck in the up position causing widespread traffic delays. It was later attributed to an electrical outage during a lift at 2:30 p.m.. That failure caused a malfunction in the bridge's lift mechanism which caused the bridge to not close completely. Engineers had to manually lower the span back together, and reopened the bridge some three and a half hours later, at 6:00 pm.[3]
In 2016, the
See also
References
- ^ "High Rise Bridge (I-64)". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Bridge Expansion Tests Crews' Ingenuity". 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "Chesapeake High-Rise Bridge reopened to traffic". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "I-64 Southside & High Rise Bridge Phased Construction".
- ^ "Contract awarded to build new High Rise Bridge". The Virginian-Pilot. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "Groundbreaking on I-64 widening, High Rise Bridge project". 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "I-64 High-Rise Bridge project could raise economic opportunities". 2018-12-04.
- ^ "Chesapeake's new High Rise Bridge opens Saturday". 13newsnow.com. 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2023-12-17.