Rating:
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Tamiami Canal Bridge

Miami-Dade County, Florida

Photos 

From NW South River Rd.

Photo taken by James F. Gentner in April 2009

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BH Photo #139498

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Swing bridge over Tamiami Canal on NW South River Drive in Miami Springs
Location
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Future prospects
Will be relocated to a park for use as a footbridge
History
Built 1930; Replaced 2016
Design
Bobtail Swing Span
Dimensions
Span length: 124.7 ft.
Total length: 124.7 ft.
Also called
NW South River Rd. Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+25.79500, -80.24528   (decimal degrees)
25°47'42" N, 80°14'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/575662/2853198 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Miami
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
9,282
Inventory numbers
FDOT 874135 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12438 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2014)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 36.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1930 (1,579)
Built during 1930s (10,695)
Florida (584)
Functionally obsolete (7,812)
Have street view (23,497)
Lost (19,630)
Lost 2016 (164)
Lost during 2010s (2,210)
Miami-Dade County, Florida (53)
 Movable (2,737)
Navigable waterway (2,065)
Owned by county (18,951)
Preserved (1,087)
Replaced by new bridge (12,991)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,084)
Swing (1,290)
Total length 100-125 feet (4,730)

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2016: Updated by Luke: Edited entry per forum comment by Nathan M.
  • August 26, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 18, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • May 1, 2009: New photos from James F. Gentner

Sources 

  • James F. Gentner - jfgentner678 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
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Tamiami Canal Bridge
Posted September 26, 2017, by Nathan Delaplaine (ndelaplaine [at] gmail [dot] com)

The bridge being used as a footbridge will no longer be operating as a swinging drawbridge.

Tamiami Canal Bridge
Posted July 29, 2016, by Nathan M. (anlage99 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Here's a short video of the swing bridge removal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_7qW55GFEQ

Tamiami Canal Bridge
Posted April 7, 2016, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Good to see it given a second life Nathan... Thank you for being a part of that!

Tamiami Canal Bridge
Posted April 7, 2016, by Nathan M. (anlage99 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The original Tamiami bridge was removed from service on the 1st of April 2016. I am the engineer that designed the removal of the bridge. We jacked the bridge up to a height of 8ft, slid it onto the road, jacked it an additional 3ft, placed it on a self propelled trailer, and then drove it across town to a local park. The bridge will be re-purposed as a foot bridge joining two city parks.

Tamiami Canal Bridge
Posted January 29, 2016, by Bob Rich (rich1256 [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

Functionally obsolete? It is used every day.