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FKOHT - Long Key Viaduct
Photos
Longkeyviaduct
Postcard View
photo from Florida Photographic Collection
BH Photo #129278
Description
Carried the Florida East Coast Railway prior to 1935, and then carried US 1 up until the highway built a new bridge
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Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Long Key Channel on Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
- Location
- Monroe County, Florida
- Status
- Open to Pedestrians as part of the F.K.O.H.T.
- History
- Built ca. 1908-12 for use by the Overseas Railroad, converted to highway use (US 1) in 1938, made obselete by new bridge in 1982, converted into a pedestrian bridge in 2001
- Builders
- - Henry Flagler
- William Krome
- Railroad
- - Florida East Coast Railway (FEC)
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 1979
- Also called
- Long Key Viaduct
FEC - Long Key Viaduct
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +24.79722, -80.86694 (decimal degrees)
24°47'50" N, 80°52'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/513448/2742501 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Long Key
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 79000684 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 38301 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 8, 2017: New photo from Dave King
- May 21, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Rail-to-trail"
- February 22, 2011: Updated by James McCray: updated NRHP info
- February 11, 2011: Updated by James McCray: Updated status of bridge to show that it is open to pedestrians as part of the FKOHT
- March 13, 2010: Updated by Kim Harvey: street view
- July 4, 2009: Updated by Kim Harvey: added category: rail to road
- December 5, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey