Rating:
6 votes
Ortega River Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Ortega River on FL 211 in Jacksonville
- Location
- Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1927; rehabilitated 1996
- Builders
- - A Bentley & Sons
- American Bascule Bridge Co
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 78.1 ft.
Total length: 1,143.1 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- State Route 211
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +30.28056, -81.70528 (decimal degrees)
30°16'50" N, 81°42'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/432168/3350084 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Jacksonville
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 5,400
- Inventory numbers
- FDOT 720005 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12365 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of May 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- December 3, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- June 7, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- March 9, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 24, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: NRHP Eligible
- July 15, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- May 5, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Douglas Butler
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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This bridge will not be easily removed as it is listed as a historical monument. It is occasionally closed for repairs and maintenance. The locals love this bridge and would not want it changed or widened. The Coast Guard is happy with the draw span horizontal clearance as no barges or wide vessels enter the Ortega River (unlike the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine which had to be completely overhauled to accommodate frequent commercial traffic).