CHAPTER 247

AN ACT to name the bridge over the Rappahannock River, between Greys
Point and White Stone, The Robert Opie Norris, Jr. Bridge. 1
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Approved March 8, 1958

Whereas, there has recently been completed a bridge linking the North-
ern Neck of Virginia and the Middle Peninsula; and

Whereas, where the completion of this vital link in the Virginia high-
way system is due in large measure to the untiring efforts of the former
eter, tt the Twenty-ninth Senatorial District, Robert Opie Norris,

Y.; an

Whereas, Robert Opie Norris, Jr. concluded nearly half a century of
service to the Commonwealth of Virginia when he retired from office
the 1955 Extra Session of the General Assembly, having had longer service
in the Assembly than any man since the turn of the century, beginning with
his election to the House of Delegates in 1912 and ending with his retire-
ment in 1955; and

Whereas, it is fitting that Senator Norris’ service to the State and to
the communities which he so ably represented and his efforts in bringing
gloser together the peoples of his area should be commemorated ; now, there-

ore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the bridge across the Rappahannock River between Greys Point
and the vicinity of White Stone is hereby designated The Robert Opie
Norris, Jr. Bridge.