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BRIDGE PROJECTS 43<br />

BRIDGE PROJECTS<br />

Over the last decade, 75 bridges throughout <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> were built,<br />

replaced, or underwent a major rehabilitation (Table 12 on page 44). Of<br />

these 75 bridges, 40 are replacements of existing bridges, 30 are new<br />

structures where bridges did not exist previously, and 5 are major<br />

rehabilitations of existing bridges. Notable examples of bridges built or<br />

replaced in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> over the last decade include the Great <strong>Bridge</strong><br />

<strong>Bridge</strong>, Pinners Point Interchange, Route 5 <strong>Bridge</strong> (Dresser <strong>Bridge</strong>) over<br />

the Chickahominy River, and the South Norfolk Jordan <strong>Bridge</strong>.<br />

In addition, a number of bridges in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> are currently under<br />

construction. This list includes the Gilmerton <strong>Bridge</strong>, Southbound Main<br />

Street <strong>Bridge</strong> in Gloucester, Middle Ground Boulevard Extension in<br />

Newport News (which includes a new bridge over the CSX Railroad), and<br />

a new railroad overpass of <strong>Hampton</strong> Boulevard at Norfolk International<br />

Terminals. Construction has also begun on the Downtown<br />

Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/MLK Freeway Extension project, which not only<br />

includes an additional tube at the Midtown Tunnel but also many bridges<br />

related to the extension of the MLK Freeway in Portsmouth.<br />

A number of bridge projects planned for <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> are included in<br />

two transportation programming documents: the <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong><br />

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and VDOT’s Six-Year<br />

Improvement Program (SYIP). The TIP is a federally mandated, fiscally<br />

constrained regional document that identifies the programming of<br />

transportation funds over a four year period. It lists all projects for which<br />

federal funds are anticipated, along with non-federally funded projects<br />

that are determined to be regionally significant. The TIP may be amended<br />

as needed in order to add new projects, delete projects, and update or<br />

change project information.<br />

By comparison, the SYIP is a statewide document through which the<br />

Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) allocates funds for<br />

the construction, development, or study of transportation projects. Per its<br />

name, the Six-Year Improvement Program includes information on<br />

funding allocations for each project over the course of the upcoming six<br />

state fiscal years. The SYIP is developed annually by VDOT and the CTB,<br />

GILMERTON BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION VDOT<br />

and most projects included in the TIP are also included in the SYIP and<br />

vice-versa.<br />

A total of 34 existing bridges in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> are programmed for<br />

replacement in the current Six-Year Improvement Program 4 (Table 13 on<br />

page 45). All 34 of these bridges are classified as structurally deficient (21<br />

bridges) or functionally obsolete (13 bridges). Four projects involving new<br />

bridges – Route 58 at the Route 58 Business intersection east of Courtland<br />

and the aforementioned Middle Ground Boulevard, NIT railroad overpass,<br />

and Downtown Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/MLK Freeway Extension projects<br />

– are also included in the SYIP, as are many roadway widening and<br />

construction projects that will involve constructing new and replacement<br />

bridges.<br />

4 FY 2013-2018 Six-Year Improvement Program, Commonwealth Transportation Board, June 2012.<br />

HAMPTON James City/Williamsburg/York ROADS REGIONAL Transportation BRIDGE STUDY <strong>Study</strong>

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