Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Robert E. Lee Bridges over James River in Richmond, VA

1933: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter)
Belle Isle Suspension Bridge: (Satellite) This bridge is under the 1989 bridge.

1933 Bridge


Tichnor Brothers Collection via BridgeHunter

Walt Edward posted
Richmond, Va during the flooding from Hurricane Agnes, August 1972. That’s the Lee bridge and the C&O main to Newport News in the background.

Postcard via BridgeHunter

Courtesy of Library of Virginia via BridgeHunter

Courtesy of VCU Libraries via Bridge Hunter

1989 Photo by Billy Pickett via BridgeHunter
"bridge's last day"

Courtesy Richmond History Center via BridgeHunter
[They have started construction of the replacement bridge.]
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1989 Bridge


 David Waltenbaugh, May 2018

Street View, Apr 2014

The old piers just to the left of the new piers were for a truss bridge that provided a service road to the Old Dominion Iron & Nail Works that was on Belle Island.
Street View, Apr 2014
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Belle Isle Suspension Bridge


In 1991, they hung a pedestrian bridge from the main bridge.
Street View, Mar 2020

Lisa Slate, Sep 2022

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