In 1958, a can was added on the Boulevard Bridge — often called the Nickel Bridge — in an attempt to speed up traffic. Motorists who had correct change and good aim could pitch their nickel fares without stopping.
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01-15-1963: Boulevard Bridge
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04-13-1963: Police and a rescue squad lower a boat from Boulevard Bridge as they resume their search for the bodies of two University of Richmond students who drowned a month ago when their canoe capsized in the rain-swollen James River. Nearly 100 policemen, firemen and volunteers searched the river most of yesterday and will continue the efforts today.
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07-15-1957: Boulevard Bridge
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12-28-1981: Motorists had to find their way through thick fog and deal with icy streets early today, when the Richmond area had a number of wrecks. A stretch of guard rail on the Boulevard Bridge was knocked askew about 2 a.m. when a truck hit a patch of ice on the bridge and crashed into the railing, police reported.
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06-17-1991: Blake Woodson working the Boulevard Bridge toll booth.
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04-03-1958: Cars at right move into line of traffic waiting to cross Boulevard Bridge.
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07-21-1968: Toll booths on Boulevard Bridge may give way to automation. Richmond Metropolitan Authority, which bought bridge today, announced plans for change.
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02-04-1971: The men who used to stand in the two little toll booths winter and summer and collect nickels are gone. Now the Boulevard Bridge has an new automated toll plaza with enclosed toll booths and a chute into which drivers can pitch their nickels. The new toll plaza can accommodate two lanes in each direction at all times with its four booths. It opened for business yesterday. The old booths are in the left background.
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12-05-1957: Nickel Bridge
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03-27-1989: Some of the first traffic over the Boulevard Bridge after repairs.
