Editing Hopewell, Virginia (section)

===1935 bus tragedy===
Hopewell made national news when, on December 22, 1935, a [[bus]] plunged through the open draw of the Appomattox River Drawbridge on [[State Route 10 (Virginia)|State Route 10]] just outside Hopewell's city limits. Only one of the 15 occupants of the bus survived. The modern twin spans of the [[Charles Hardaway Marks Bridges]] were built to replace that bridge and cross the river nearby.