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Bridge of Lions

St. Johns County, Florida
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Bridge Of Lions

Looking south; taken late December 2000. Notice the live-aboard cruisers at anchor in the river.

Photo taken by Robert Thompson

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Overview
Bascule bridge over Matanzas River (ICWW) on FL A1A in St. Augustine
Location
St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927; reopened March 16, 2010, following a lengthy rehabilitation
Design
Bascule Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 86.9 ft.
Total length: 1,545.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.89306, -81.30722   (decimal degrees)
29°53'35" N, 81°18'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/470337/3306974 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Saint Augustine
Inventory numbers
FDOT 780074 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12508 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2012)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
17,000

Categories 

Bascule (559)
Built 1927 (533)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Deck girder (1,800)
Florida (341)
Girder (3,236)
Have street view (9,889)
Intracoastal Waterway (80)
Movable (1,355)
NR-listed (2,353)
 Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,309)
Owned by state (9,807)
Plate girder (2,250)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
St. Augustine, Florida (1)
St. Johns County, Florida (3)
Steel grate deck (382)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,213)

Update Log 

  • December 31, 2010: New photos from James Baughn
  • March 17, 2010: Updated by James Baughn: Bridge has reopened; added Street View link showing the bridge during its reconstruction
  • December 12, 2009: New photo from Robert Thompson

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Bridge of Lions
Posted September 20, 2010, by Clark Vance

FDOT should be proud. Looks like a fine structure was preserved.

http://www.fdotbridgeoflions.com/

Bridge of Lions
Posted February 8, 2007, by Brian and Jennifer Roos (dragon8warrior [at] gmail [dot] com)

I don't know which one was more interesting, the Bridge of Lions or the temporary vertical lift bridge. We took a local scenic boat cruise to get an up close view through the channel.

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