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Blackburn Point Bridge

Sarasota County, Florida
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Blackburn Point Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in September 2014

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Overview
Swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on CR 789 in Osprey
Location
Sarasota County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1925; rehabilitated 1995
Builders
- Champion Bridge Co. of Wilmington, Ohio
- Quinn & Powell Construction
Design
Swing
Dimensions
Span length: 142.1 ft.
Total length: 142.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2001
Also called
Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+27.18000, -82.49444   (decimal degrees)
27°10'48" N, 82°29'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/351955/3007254 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Laurel
Inventory numbers
FDOT 170064 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
NRHP 01000290 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 12502 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2015)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 56.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
4,900

Categories 

Built 1925 (1,124)
Built during 1920s (8,685)
Champion Bridge Co. (78)
Florida (560)
Functionally obsolete (7,892)
Have street view (21,673)
Intracoastal Waterway (87)
Movable (2,687)
NR-listed (2,836)
Navigable waterway (1,995)
One-lane traffic (7,407)
Open (36,138)
 Owned by county (18,712)
Pony truss (14,994)
Quinn & Powell Construction (1)
Sarasota County, Florida (16)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,727)
Steel grate deck (429)
Swing (1,238)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,168)
Truss (29,280)
Warren pony truss (2,914)
Warren pony truss with all verticals (317)
Warren truss (5,700)

Update Log 

  • December 16, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • October 10, 2015: New photos from C Hanchey
  • August 29, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 9, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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Blackburn Point Bridge
Posted October 11, 2015, by Anonymous

all that needs to happen is for James to make one of C. Hanchey's imagery the default instead of the sketch.

Blackburn Point Bridge
Posted October 11, 2015, by Robert Thompson

Actual photos, instead of pen-and-ink scribbles! Thank you.