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Appomattox River. The James at Percival's Island Riverwalk in Lynchburg, Virginia. The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles (560 km) [3] to the Chesapeake Bay. [4] The river length extends to 444 miles (715 km ...
James River and Kanawha Canal. Coordinates: 37°31′57.2514″N 77°25′54.876″W. The canal in 1865. The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast. Ultimately its towpath became the roadbed ...
1957. 36°59′14″N 76°18′20″W. Replaced ferries from Willoughby Spit to Old Point Comfort and Pine Beach to Small Boat Harbor. Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel. I-664. Suffolk, Virginia to Newport News, Virginia. 1992. 36°56′27″N 76°24′06″W / 36.940837°N 76.401672°W / 36.940837; -76.401672. James River Bridge.
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census, making Lynchburg the 11th most populous city in Virginia. [3] Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River ...
Along the James River, 15 gauging stations reported new records. [1] At Lynchburg, the James River rose to 35 ft (11 m), surpassing the record set by Hurricane Camille in 1969 by 7 ft (2.1 m). [1] [12] There, the river swept up entire houses, causing portions of U.S. Route 29 to close, [12] and ruining about $8 million worth of tobacco. [5]
The Lower Basin Historic District is a national historic district located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The district defines a commercial and industrial warehouse area located between the downtown commercial area to the south and the James River waterfront to the north. The district contains a variety of mostly late 19th- and early 20th-century ...
The James River Bridge (JRB) is a four-lane divided highway lift bridge across the James River in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation, it carries U.S. Route 17 (US 17), US 258, and State Route 32 across the river near its mouth at Hampton Roads. The bridge connects Newport News on the ...
Since 1985, the James River Batteau Festival [7] has promoted a bateau run from Lynch's Landing [8] in Lynchburg to Maiden's Landing in Powhatan, a distance of about 120 river miles (200 km). Seventeen batteaux crews and many canoeists participated in the 2005 festival. The number of Batteaus on the river during the festival has increased to 25 ...