Rating:
58515
{96}%
2 votes
NLAX - Jay-Jay Bridge
Video
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Space Shuttle Era: NASA Railroad Keeps Boosters on Track Bridge appears after the 2:00 mark. NASA |
Description
This bridge is identical with an abandoned rail bridge in Miami Fl.
2013 NBI Ratings, via forum commenter Frank:
Deck = 6 Satisfactory
Superstructure = 6 Satisfactory
Substructure = 6 Satisfactory
Channel = 6 Satisfactory
Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over Indian River on NASA Railroad
- Location
- Mims, Brevard County, Florida
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1963; Deteriorated span replaced 1987.
- Builders
- - Ivey's Construction, Inc. of Merritt Island, Florida (1987 Span Replacement)
- L.O. Hopkins & Sons of Nashville, Tennessee (Piers)
- Maurice H. Connell & Associates, Inc. of Miami, Florida (Approach span design)
- Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee (Span fabricator + Drawspan designer)
- Railroads
- - Florida East Coast Railway (FEC)
- NASA Railroad (NLAX)
- Design
- Simple Trunnion Rail bascule bridge type
- Also called
- Jay Jay Railroad Drawbridge
Jay Jay Railroad Bridge
Kennedy Space Center Railroad Bridge
Jay Jay Bridge
NLAX - Indian River Bridge
FEC - Kennedy Space Center Bridge
Kennedy Space Center Bridge
NLAX - Kennedy Space Center Bridge
FEC - Jay-Jay Bridge
FEC - Indian River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +28.65066, -80.80679 (decimal degrees)
28°39'02" N, 80°48'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/518881/3169297 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mims
- Inventory number
- BH 58515 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 14, 2015: New photos from Luke
- October 24, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 22, 2014: New video from Luke
- April 21, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 23, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Mapped
- October 23, 2013: Added by Douglas Butler
LOCATION OF THE OPERATION WILL BE THE JAY-JAY RAILROAD BRIDGE IN MIMS, FLORIDA. NASA RAILROAD BRIDGE AT MILE MARKER 876.6 AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. (33 CFR 117.261 describes the operation )
I am the the bridge maintenance engineer and certified bridge inspector for the past 26 years.
The bridge is fully operational. The bridges NBI ratings, as of 2013, are as follows:
Deck = 6 Satisfactory
Superstructure = 6 Satisfactory
Substructure = 6 Satisfactory
Channel = 6 Satisfactory