Great Bridge Lock to close for repairs

Posted January 26, 2010
By Brittany Brown,
Norfolk District Public Affairs

01/26/10 NORFOLK, Va — The lock at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Va. will close to navigation Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Route 1 of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, will close to vessel traffic during the Great Bridge lock closure Feb. 9. The Great Bridge lock closure is required to facilitate the changing of lock gates at the Great Bridge facility.

Boaters desiring to transit the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway during the closure may use the Dismal Swamp Canal, Route 2. The Dismal Swamp Canal and the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal form alternative routes along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound.

The Dismal Swamp Canal, maintained to a depth of 6 feet, has a normal operating schedule for openings at 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. This schedule is subject to change during adverse weather conditions.

Bridge and lock operators monitor marine radio channel 13.

For additional information, call Joel Scussel, Norfolk District of the Army Corps of Engineers, at (757) 201-7642.