Chesapeake is the only locality in the Hampton Roads area with a separate bridge division. The city's Department of Public Works, Bridges and Structures division has 51 full-time workers. The city maintains 90 bridges and overpasses. Included are five movable span (draw) bridges which open an estimated 30,000 times a year for water vessels.
Chesapeake is the only locality in the Hampton Roads area with a separate bridge division. The city's Department .of Public Works, Bridges and Structures division has 51 full-time workers. The city maintains 90 bridges and overpasses. Included are five movable spa!n (draw) bridges which open an estimated 30,000 times a year for water vessels.