Great Bridge Lock (Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal)

Harbour info

Lock

Locking about 20 min

VHF 13 · Tel. +1 757 547 3311

Location: 36° 43,42' N 076° 14,85' W

Locking times

Through the year: daily at 00:00, 01:00, 02:00, 03:00, 04:00, 05:00, 06:00, 07:00, 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00 and 23:00

All times in local time (America/New_York).

Times: NOAA Coast Pilot 4, Kapitel 12 (Great Bridge Lock, Dismal Swamp Canal und die Brücken des AIWW in Virginia, Ausgabe vom 11.10.2026); USACE Norfolk District: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Schleusenzeiten; die Seite sperrt Abrufe, gelesen über den Suchindex), as of 2026-10-20

Fees

• No fee

Notes

• Lock according to OpenStreetMap.
• Lockages on the hour, around the clock; the lock is staffed 24 hours a day and works together with the Great Bridge Bridge 0.5 NM to the south.
• Chamber 183 m (600 ft) long, usable 161.5 x 21.9 m (530 x 72 ft), lift about 0.8 m (2.7 ft); boats wider than 13.7 m (45 ft) only with permission.

Harbours nearby

• Atlantic Yacht Basin 1.2 km E
• Chesapeake 4.7 km W
• Centreville Marina 5.3 km E
• Ocean Yacht Marina 12.9 km N
• High Street Landing 13.1 km N
• Tidewater Yacht Marina 13.9 km N

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