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The James River Parks System (also known as James River Park or simply JRPS) is a 600-acre (240 ha) municipal park in Richmond, Virginia. It consists of multiple sections along the James River between the Huguenot Memorial Bridge in the west to a half mile (0.8 km) beyond the I-95 Bridge over the James in the east. [ 1 ]
The land where the James Center is located was annexed to the city of Richmond in 1769. It was later to be chosen as the site for the Great Turning Basin for the James River and Kanawha Canal and was constructed as such in the late 1700s. The canal was a key mode of transportation in the 1800s but was extremely expensive to maintain, as ...
Belle Isle is a 54 acre island in the city of Richmond, Virginia on the James River, and is part of the James River Park System.It is accessible to pedestrian and bicycle traffic via a suspension footbridge that runs under the Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge from the northern shore or via a wooden bridge from the southern shore.
Pony Pasture Rapids (also commonly referred as Pony Pasture) is a section of the James River Park System that runs alongside the City of Richmond, VA. [1] Nestled on the south bank of the James River downstream from the Huguenot Bridge, Pony Pasture is known for its local attractions of hiking, swimming, kayaking, and fishing.
Westover Plantation is a historic colonial tidewater plantation located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia.Established in c. 1730–1750, it is the homestead of the Byrd family of Virginia.
The following is a list of extant highway bridges across the James River with one or both ends within the City of Richmond. Interstate 95 James River Bridge ; Mayo Bridge ; Manchester Bridge ; Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge (US-1, US-301 and U.S. Bicycle Route 1) Boulevard Bridge (toll bridge, restricted weights)
Westham was built at a transportation point on the James River. The James River flows free for several hundred miles from the west and Westham is located at the point where the Fall Line rocks prevented further river passage. Richmond, Virginia was built on the other side of the fall line where the river is navigable to the ocean. This made ...
Williams Island Dam pictured in an old photo. Williams Island Dam is located on the James River in the independent city of Richmond, Virginia.Just below the dam, seven miles (11 km) of rapids mark the descent of the river downstream through the geological Fall Line region to the navigable tidal portion below Richmond, which extends southeast to Hampton Roads.