Rating:
12320
{99}%
1 vote
Mathers Bridge
Photos
Banana River Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in February 2011
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BH Photo #194154
Video
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Motoring Through Mathers A video showing the swing span in operation. seatree3 Play video |
Facts
- 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 [also known as Austin Bridge Co.]
- Design
- Swing
- Dimensions
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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
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 2,569
- Inventory numbers
- FDOT 704063 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12320 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of March 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 26, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- March 20, 2019: New photo from Nathan Holth
- June 6, 2016: New video from Karen Hartsfield
- June 5, 2016: New photo from Karen Hartsfield
- September 19, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- March 28, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
- June 18, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
The bridge seen today is modern and not historic. It completely replaced the original riveted truss. Here is the original bridge as seen in 1981.