Myrtle Avenue Bridge

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Myrtle Avenue Bridge

Photo taken by Ben Tate in March 2011

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Overview

Steel through arch bridge over Myrtle Avenue on I-95 in Jacksonville

Location

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1955

Builder

- American Bridge Co. of New York

Design

Steel through arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 385.5 ft.
Total length: 1,430.5 ft.
Deck width: 79.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.2 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+30.32917, -81.67639   (decimal degrees)
30°19'45" N, 81°40'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/434979/3355454 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Jacksonville

Inventory numbers

FDOT 720163 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12364 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 04/2014)

Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 66.0 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2014)

139,500

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Update Log 

• June 4, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• November 19, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added builder
• February 24, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
• March 16, 2011: New photo from Ben Tate
• May 5, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Sources 

• Nathan Holth
• Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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