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W[tERE~5 this Body nas ~een informed Enat t;he projected <br />plan for the crossing of t~e Sou~hnrn ~ranch ef the Elizabeth <br />River by Interstate 44 calls for the construction of a fixed span <br />with a clearance of b2 feet, <br /> <br /> kND ~tEREAS, the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River <br />is potentially one of the greatest assets for industrial expansion <br />in the Eastern Portion of Virg~nia~ and .more especially for potent£al <br />industrial development in the City of Chesapeake; <br /> <br /> &ND IV}IEREAS, it is contemplated that t?m channel will be <br />deepened and widened up the Southern Branch so that ocean*going <br />vessels may usc a greater portion of the said river. <br /> <br /> NOW, TIIEP~FORE. BE IT RESOLVED, That tkis Body go on record <br />as b~ing vigorously opposed to the constructxon of a fixed span tow <br />l,vel bridge over said river, and do respectfully call upon the <br />Federal Bureau of }toads anti the Virginia Departmeat of }tighways to <br />plan for either a high level bridge, or a draw-bridge to bO ~nstalled <br />on the Interstate 64 cross~ng of the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth <br />RAver xn oraer that said river may bo f~lly utilized for industrial <br />e~panslon and ocean,.~going ?essels~ <br /> <br /> ?~opted b~ tt~e Coranaill of:~he City ~f Portsmouth:at a meeting <br />held Novembe~ 27, <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City C:le,rk <br /> <br /> <br />