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FEC - Dodge Island Bridge
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Dodge Island Railroad Bridge
It's the blue bridge directly behind the Seaport Causeway Bridge.
Photo taken by Phillip Pessar
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
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BH Photo #328947
Description
This bridge was abandoned at one time then put back to service. This trunnion girder bascule bridge was painted blue.
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule deck plate girder bridge over Biscayne Bay (ICWW) on Florida East Coast Railroad
- Location
- Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Open to traffic , after being abandoned then painted blue
- Builder
- - L.O. Hopkins & Sons of Nashville, Tennessee
- Railroad
- - Florida East Coast Railway (FEC)
- Design
- Deck plate girder bascule
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +25.77982, -80.18224 (decimal degrees)
25°46'47" N, 80°10'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/581992/2851555 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Miami
- Inventory number
- BH 62748 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- June 13, 2015: New photo from Phillip Pessar
- June 12, 2015: New photo from Phillip Pessar
- March 10, 2015: Updated by Luke: Updated status per forum comment
- February 6, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 30, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
Bridge is not abandoned is used everyday for trains into portmiami