CHESAPEAKE — City leaders are pursuing grant funding from the state to build an overpass bridge for the Norfolk Portsmouth Beltline Railroad on Freeman Avenue in South Norfolk.
At its meeting this week, the Chesapeake City Council passed a resolution to apply for funding through Virginia Department of Transportation’s Revenue Sharing Program for the project. The rail passing is nestled between Harris Street and Republic Road.
The project would replace the existing at-grade railroad crossing with an overpass bridge and include associated roadway realignments and improvements…