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Lower Sugarloaf Key Historic Bridge
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Overview
One can see in this picture how the old railroad bridge was retrofitted into a highway bridge. The highway bridge was, in turn, retrofitted into a greenway trail bridge.
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Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Lower Sugarloaf Channel on an old alignment of the Overseas Railroad/Highway (US 1); presently the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
- Location
- Lower Sugarloaf Key, Monroe County, Florida
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- 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 1981, converted into a pedestrian bridge in 2001
- Builder
- - Henry Flagler
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 1979
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +24.63263, -81.58699 (decimal degrees)
24°37'57" N, 81°35'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/440591/2724397 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Sugarloaf Key
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 79000684 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 48112 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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