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Acosta Bridge (Old)

Duval County, Florida

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Acosta Bridge (Old)

Jacksonville FL

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #288529

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over St Johns River on State Route 13
Location
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1921; Replaced 1991
Builders
- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Steel Manufacturer)
- J. L. Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri (Designer)
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas (Contractor)
Design
Parker through truss vertical lift
Also called
The Yellow Monster
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.32078, -81.66355   (decimal degrees)
30°19'15" N, 81°39'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/436208/3354517 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jacksonville
Inventory number
BH 61728 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bethlehem Steel Co. (144)
Built 1921 (585)
Built during 1920s (10,086)
Duval County, Florida (31)
Florida (671)
J. L. Harrington (1)
Jacksonville, Florida (32)
Lost (26,396)
Lost 1991 (318)
Lost during 1990s (4,062)
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. (117)
 Movable (3,061)
Navigable waterway (2,177)
Owned by city (5,765)
Parker through truss (1,342)
Parker truss (1,729)
Replaced by new bridge (17,888)
Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
Through truss (15,735)
Truss (33,896)
Vertical lift (423)

Update Log 

  • May 1, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 24, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added info from forum comment
  • July 15, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Acosta Bridge (Old)
Posted October 24, 2014, by Darren (dannytoro1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The old St.John's River Toll bridge was built by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; and designed by J. L. Harrington of Kansas City, Mo. Also quite a bit of the steelwork was prefabbed by Bethlehem Steel. This according to: http://www.jaxhistory.com/Jax%20Arch%20Herit/D-98.htm

Also, if memory serves correctly, the structure itself stayed remarkably solid for a brackish water major bridge. However the main pilings had been badly undercut by the heavy current in this bend in the St.Johns.