For those of you who travel through Gloucester Point every day, or very nearly every day, you should take what you are about to read sitting down.
Oh wait, you probably already are sitting down. That's good.
Because according to Virginia Department of Transportation traffic counts, the number of vehicles negotiating the George P. Coleman Bridge has declined 11 percent since 2004.
It's true. Here are the numbers of vehicles traveling the Coleman Bridge:
1997 -- 27,959
1998 -- 27,887
1999 -- 28,135
2000 -- 26,441
2001 -- 26,528
2002 -- 27,331
2003 -- 33,242
2004 -- 34,014
2005 -- 33,595
2006 -- 33,282
2007 -- 33,527
2008 -- 32,125
2009 -- 29,946
2010 -- 30,062
2011 -- 30,178
