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FKOHT - Ohio-Bahia Honda Channel Bridge

Photo 

Bridgemapper.com photo

Photo taken by Todd Wilson in 2009

BH Photo #405367

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over OHIO-BAHIA HONDA CHANNEL on an old alignment of the Overseas Railroad/Highway (US 1); presently the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
Location
Monroe County, Florida
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built ca. 1908-12 for use by the Overseas Railroad, converted to highway use (US 1) in 1938, made obselete by new bridge in 1981, converted into a pedestrian bridge in 2001
Builder
- Henry Flagler
Railroad
- Florida East Coast Railway (FEC)
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 1979
Also called
Overseas Highway - Ohio-Bahia Honda Channel Bridge
FEC - Ohio-Bahia Honda Channel Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+24.67063, -81.24970   (decimal degrees)
24°40'14" N, 81°14'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/474736/2728500 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sevenmile Bridge
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79000684 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 48190 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • February 22, 2011: Updated by James McCray: updated NRHP info
  • February 19, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Todd Wilson