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Overview: Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Long Key Channel on Florida East Coast Railway (prior to 1935), Old US 1 (up to replacement), and presently the 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
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 1979
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)
USGS topographic map: Long Key
Inventory numbers: NRHP 79000684 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 38301 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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