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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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BH Photo #339184

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    Facts 

    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
    Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
    4,900
    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 report (as of July 2015)
    Overall condition: Fair
    Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
    Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
    Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
    Sufficiency rating: 56.2 (out of 100)
    View more at BridgeReports.com

    Categories 

    Bridgemapper.com (1,326)
    Built 1925 (1,190)
    Built during 1920s (9,261)
    Champion Bridge Co. (83)
    Florida (606)
    Functionally obsolete (7,632)
    Have street view (24,552)
    Intracoastal Waterway (87)
    Movable (2,795)
    NR-listed (2,858)
    Navigable waterway (2,085)
    One-lane traffic (7,527)
    Open (37,871)
    		 Owned by county (19,448)
    Pony truss (15,405)
    Quinn & Powell Construction (1)
    Sarasota County, Florida (16)
    Span length 125-175 feet (3,903)
    Steel grate deck (433)
    Swing (1,337)
    Total length 125-175 feet (5,496)
    Truss (30,519)
    Warren pony truss (3,008)
    Warren pony truss with all verticals (335)
    Warren truss (6,002)

    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.