York River photograph

York River

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Length55 km
Mouth Chesapeake Bay
Country United States
⁃ average1,085 cu ft/s (30. 7 m3/s)
Bridges Coleman Memorial Bridge
Did you knowThe only vehicular crossing of the York River is the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, a swing-type drawbridge which carries U. S. Highway 17 between Yorktown and Gloucester Point.
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About York River


The York River is a navigable estuary, approximately 34 miles long, in eastern Virginia in the United States. It ranges in width from 1 mile at its head to 2. 5 miles near its mouth on the west side of Chesapeake Bay. Its watershed drains an area of the coastal plain of Virginia north and east of Richmond.

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