Tolls on the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge are set to be removed by the end of the calendar year, once Gov. Glenn Youngkin signs the state budget into law.
Tolls were first imposed when the bridge opened in 1952 and remained in effect until 1976. They were reinstituted in 1996 after the span linking Gloucester Point and Yorktown was widened to four lanes and have been in effect ever since.
The Virginia General Assembly’s 2025 budget bill (HB1600) includes a provision to remove all tolls from the Coleman Bridge as of Jan. 1, 2026.
The text of the bill, numbered D.1. under Item 441, Commonwealth Toll Facilities, states that “No later than January 1, 2026, all rates, fees, tolls and other charges shall cease to be collected for the use of the George P. Coleman Bridge.” It states further, under D.2., that funds that can’t be reimbursed to the Toll Facility Revolving Account “shall not require reimbursement.”
The bill doesn’t state a specific financial impact on the budget from no longe...