London Bridge is an
unincorporated community
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within the
independent city
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Historical precursors
In the Holy Roman Empire, and to a degree in its successor states ...
of
Virginia Beach
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,
Virginia
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, United States. It is located in the area of
Great Neck Road
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and
Virginia Beach Boulevard
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, where
Laskin Road
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begins.
London Bridge was a town with its own
post office
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in operation when it was still a part of
Princess Anne County
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on January 1, 1963, ceasing t ...
prior to the county's consolidation with Virginia Beach by mutual agreement in 1963. The post office at London Bridge was located in London Mews, now Chambord Commons in what is now known as the Le Chambord Restaurant.
The actual bridge is on Virginia Beach Blvd., which was the site of a trading post owned and operated by the London Company, and crosses London Bridge creek, a part of the Lynnhaven River, that heads at the Lynnhaven Bay.
London Bridge
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