Kings Highway Bridge

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| crosses = Nansemond River

| locale = Suffolk, Virginia, United States

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Kings Highway Bridge was located on the Nansemond River in the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States. Built in 1928, it carried traffic on the Kings Highway, also known as State Route 125, for over 75 years.

The drawbridge was deemed unsafe and closed to traffic in March 2005 by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). In March 2007, VDOT announced that the bridge would be demolished and removed, with no plans for replacement,{{cite news|title=Demolition set for Kings Highway Bridge; no replacement in sight|first=Aaron|last=Applegate|work=The Virginian-Pilot|date=2007-03-23|url=http://hamptonroads.com/node/240691|access-date=2009-01-02|archive-date=2009-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905054127/http://hamptonroads.com/node/240691|url-status=dead}} and demolition began in June.{{cite news|title=Kings Highway Bridge in Suffolk begins coming down|first=Aaron|last=Applegate|work=The Virginian-Pilot|date=2007-06-01|url=http://hamptonroads.com/node/275651}} In 2008, several boats struck debris from the old bridge.{{cite news|title=Debris snags 2 boats near Kings Highway Bridge site|first=Dave |last=Forster|work=The Virginian-Pilot|date=2008-09-24|url=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/debris-snags-2-boats-near-kings-highway-bridge-site}}{{cite news|title=Divers find pilings near old King's Highway bridge site|first=Dave |last=Forster|work=The Virginian-Pilot|date=2008-10-01|url=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/divers-find-pilings-near-old-kings-highway-bridge-site}}

About 3,300 motorists a day used the bridge that connected Chuckatuck and Driver. Now, they face detours of as much as 19 miles. The cost of a new bridge for the King's Highway crossing was estimated at $48 million in 2006, far more than could be recovered through collection of tolls at that location.{{cite news|title=Getting nowhere on the Kings Highway Bridge|first=Aaron|last=Applegate|work=The Virginian-Pilot|date=2006-01-17|url=http://hamptonroads.com/2006/01/getting-nowhere-kings-highway-bridge}}