17th Street Causeway

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Intracoastal Waterway Bridge

Fort Lauderdale FL

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #287072

Map 

Street Views 

• Operator's house
• Roadway
• View #3
• View #4

Facts 

Overview

Bascule bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on EB SR A1A in Fort Lauderdale

Location

Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 2001

Builders

- L.O. Hopkins & Sons of Nashville, Tennessee
- Traylor Brothers Inc. of Evansville, Indiana

Design

Bascule

Dimensions

Total length: 1,907.9 ft.

Also called

Clay E. Shaw Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+26.10056, -80.11889   (decimal degrees)
26°06'02" N, 80°07'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/588106/2887117 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Port Everglades

Average daily traffic (as of 2016)

17,250

Inventory numbers

FDOT 860622 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12340 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of August 2016)

Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 92.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• February 14, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• April 21, 2017: New photos from Irma Hale
• January 12, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• October 7, 2015: Updated by Douglas Butler: Added info
• July 6, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

• 17th Street Causeway Temporary Dutch-Style Bascule (Predecessor)
• 17th Street Causeway (Old) (Successor)

Sources 

• Douglas Butler
• road traffic technology.com - Info
• Dana and Kay Klein

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