Lesner Bridge, Virginia Beach

#18 among attractions in Virginia Beach

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The Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach, Virginia connects the bay area to the Virginia Beach shore via Shore Drive — crossing the Lynnhaven Inlet at the mouth the Chesapeake Bay. The bridge lies approximately three miles from the southern terminus of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The first bridge in the same location, a draw-bridge, had been constructed in 1928, replaced in 1958 by what are now the eastbound lanes of a dual span. Westbound lanes were constructed as a parallel span in 1967. ()

Coordinates: 36°54'27"N, 76°5'31"W

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Lesner Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pembroke Mall, Cape Henry Lighthouse, Cape Henry Memorial, Adam Thoroughgood House.

4.9 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Pembroke Mall, Virginia Beach
124 min walk • Pembroke Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. It was opened in March 1966 as the first shopping mall in the Hampton Roads metro area.
4.8 miE
Historical place, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Cape Henry Lighthouse, Virginia Beach
123 min walk • The Cape Henry Lighthouses are a pair of lighthouses at Cape Henry, the landform marking the southern entrance to Chesapeake Bay in the U.S. state of Virginia. The location has long been important for the large amount of ocean-going shipping traffic for the harbors, its rivers, and shipping headed to ports on the bay.
4.8 miE
View point, Memorial
Cape Henry Memorial, Virginia Beach
124 min walk • The Cape Henry Memorial commemorates the first landfall at Cape Henry, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, of colonists bound for the Jamestown settlement.
1.5 miSW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Adam Thoroughgood House, Virginia Beach
39 min walk • The Thoroughgood House is a brick house located at 1636 Parish Road, in the neighborhood of Thoroughgood, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. It was built ca. 1719. It was formerly known as the Adam Thoroughgood House. It was not built by Adam.
3.3 miSW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Ferry Plantation House, Virginia Beach
86 min walk • Ferry Plantation House, or Old Donation Farm, Ferry Farm, Walke Manor House, is a brick house in the neighborhood of Old Donation Farm in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2.3 miE
Island
Bay Island, Virginia Beach
59 min walk • Bay Island is a two mile long island situated in the North Great Neck area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The island is bordered by Long Creek to the north and Broad Bay to the south, both offshoots of the Lynnhaven River, and is connected to the mainland by the West Great Neck Bridge on the western side of the island.
4.8 miS
36°50'21"N • 76°6'36"W
Virginia Beach Antique Mall, Virginia Beach
124 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre, Antiques
3.2 miSW
Museum, History museum
Lynnhaven House, Virginia Beach
82 min walk • The Lynnhaven House, also Wishart–Boush House, Wishart House, and Boush House, which was built circa 1725, is an example of 18th century Tidewater Virginia vernacular architecture and is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
4.4 miE
Forts and castles
Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story, Virginia Beach
112 min walk • Joint Expeditionary Base-Fort Story, commonly called simply Fort Story is a sub-installation of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story, which is operated by the United States Navy.
4.6 miS
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Francis Land House, Virginia Beach
119 min walk • The Francis Land House, or Rose Hall, is a historic brick house in located within the Rose Hall District near Princess Anne Plaza in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
5 miW
Botanical garden
Tidewater Arboretum, Virginia Beach
127 min walk • Tidewater Arboretum, sometimes also called Hampton Roads Arboretum, is an arboretum maintained by Virginia Tech's Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center.