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FKOHT - Channel Five Bridge

Monroe County, Florida

Photos 

Bridgemapper.com photo

Photo taken by Todd Wilson in 2009

BH Photo #405373

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Channel Five on an old alignment of the Overseas Railroad/Highway (US 1); presently the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
Location
Layton, 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 1982, 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 - Channel Five Bridge
FEC - Channel Five Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+24.83878, -80.77637   (decimal degrees)
24°50'20" N, 80°46'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/522596/2747115 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Long Key
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79000684 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 48341 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,863)
Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built during 1910s (10,227)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,342)
Deck arch (12,080)
East Coast Greenway (93)
Florida (695)
Florida East Coast Railway (46)
Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (21)
Have street view (30,394)
Henry Flagler (19)
Layton, Florida (2)
 Monroe County, Florida (44)
NR-listed (3,027)
Open to pedestrians (4,692)
Overseas Highway (21)
Owned by state (16,770)
Preserved (1,246)
Rail-to-road (360)
Rail-to-trail (1,677)
Railroad (16,986)
Road-to-trail (107)
US 1 (111)

Update Log 

  • March 4, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

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

FKOHT - Channel Five Bridge
Posted December 13, 2021, by Hayward McKee (keywsun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Completed BY 1908. FLECRR Keys ext was operational to Marathon in 1908. 1908-12 was the completion to KW... also much done... the big projects were the 7 mi and Bahia Honda Bridge to get that done.