Mathers Bridge

Photos

Banana River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in February 2011

BH Photo #194154

Motoring Through Mathers

A video showing the swing span in operation.

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Historic American Engineering Record for this bridge is available if you copy and paste this into your browser:

Overview: Swing bridge over Banana River on Banana River Drive (CR 3) in Indian Harbour Beach
Location: Indian Harbour Beach, Brevard County, Florida
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1927; rehabilitated 2005
Builder: - Austin Brothers Bridge Co. of Dallas Texas/Atlanta, Georgia
Design: Swing
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 202.4 ft.
Total length: 791.7 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Also called: Banana River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +28.14922, -80.60600 (decimal degrees)
28°08'57" N, 80°36'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/538685/3113795 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Tropic
Inventory numbers: FDOT 704063 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12320 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2014): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 65.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 2,569

Banana River Bridge

Posted December 29, 2013, by victor (vlbrunton [at] juno [dot] com)

Also known as the Mathers Bridge. See Wikipedia.