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Bayou Chico Drawbridge

Escambia County, Florida

Photos 

Chico Bayou Bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #288522

Map 

Street Views 

Video 

Jaws The Shark - Stuck

Bayuo Chico Drawbridge operator talking to kids about Jaws getting stuck. Video was made June 1992.

Video posted by SimpleTruthThree

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck girder drawbridge over Bayou Chico on Barrancas Ave
Location
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1949; Removed 1998
Design
Deck girder bascule
Also called
Chico Bayou Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.40206, -87.24741   (decimal degrees)
30°24'07" N, 87°14'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/476234/3363364 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pensacola
Inventory number
BH 61724 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,079)
Built 1949 (407)
Built during 1940s (4,124)
Deck girder (5,900)
Escambia County, Florida (13)
Florida (670)
Girder (10,500)
 Have street view (27,287)
Lost (25,729)
Lost 1998 (425)
Lost during 1990s (4,031)
Movable (3,032)
Owned by state (16,159)
Pensacola, Florida (10)

Update Log 

  • November 9, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • December 1, 2014: New Street View added by Dallam Oliver-Lee
  • July 15, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Dallam Oliver-Lee

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