What is the history of Bowers Hill, Virginia?
Bower’s Hill, which was in now-extinct Norfolk County, VirginiaNorfolk County near the northeastern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp, became a crossroads as highways and railroads were built through the area in the 20th century. The natural terrain of the coastal plain of the Tidewater region of VirginiaTidewater area is very flat and sandy. The combination of U.S. Highway 13, U.S. Highway 58, and U.S. Highway 460, known as the Military Highway, was a 4-lane undivided highway that was built about 1943. A large s-shaped highway overpass was constructed to carry the traffic across the Virginian Railway tracks to eliminate an at-grade crossing. The highway there originally was 4-lane undivided with a 45-mph S-curve as the highway passed on a bridge over the railroad, and with short approach fills with considerable grades to the bridge. Although the name Bower’s Hill was attached to the area as early as the 19th century, as one of the highest features for miles around, the newly-created over
