Laurel Street Bridge

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Overview Photo taken by James Baughn Enlarge Request this photo

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Bascule mechanism Photo taken by James Baughn Enlarge Request this photo

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Counterweight closeup Photo taken by James Baughn Enlarge Request this photo

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Counterweight tower Photo taken by James Baughn Enlarge Request this photo

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Truss Photo taken by James Baughn Enlarge Request this photo

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Bascule bridge over Hillsborough River on Laurel Street in Tampa

Location

Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1927 by the U.G.I. Contracting Co.; rehabilitated 1969

Builder

- U.G.I. Contracting Co.

Design

Bascule Warren pony truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 99.4 ft.
Total length: 365.8 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.5 ft.

Also called

Fortune Street Bridge (original name)
Fortune Street Bridge (original name)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+27.95455, -82.46484   (decimal degrees)
27°57'16" N, 82°27'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/355904/3093031 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Tampa

Inventory numbers

FDOT 105503 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12382 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 03/2009)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 59.9 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2010)

5,240

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Update Log 

• December 24, 2011: Updated by C Hanchey: Added bridge builder
• May 12, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
• May 10, 2008: Updated design

Sources 

• James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
• C Hanchey - cmh2315 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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