The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 301 (Jefferson Davis Highway) across the Appomattox River at the Atlantic Seaboard fall line. It joins Colonial Heights and Petersburg, Virginia. Originally constructed for an interurban streetcar service in the early 20th century, it was rebuilt in the 1990s and is toll-free. See also List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia List of memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. References External links Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia Road bridges in Virginia Railroad bridges in Virginia Transportation in Petersburg, Virginia U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 301