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St. Marys River Bridge

Nassau County, Florida, and Camden County, Georgia

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St. Mary's River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in January 2012

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BH Photo #223055

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Description 

Hand operated swing bridge carrying US 17 on FL/GA line. Requires a team of five to seven crew to manually open the bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Swing bridge over St. Marys River on US 17
Location
Nassau County, Florida, and Camden County, Georgia
Status
Open to all traffic.
History
Built 1927, rehabilitated 2005.
Design
Swing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 101.1 ft.
Total length: 562.7 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.7 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.74143, -81.68795   (decimal degrees)
30°44'29" N, 81°41'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/434147/3401148 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gross
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
4,000
Inventory numbers
FDOT 740008 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12450 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 59.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1927 (855)
Built during 1920s (9,879)
Camden County, Georgia (5)
Florida (653)
Georgia (627)
Hand operated (1)
Have street view (26,797)
Movable (2,953)
NR-eligible (4,044)
Nassau County, Florida (7)
Navigable waterway (2,144)
Open (39,782)
Owned by state (15,903)
 Polygonal Warren pony truss (384)
Polygonal Warren through truss (428)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,048)
Pony truss (16,159)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,388)
State line crossing (845)
Steel grate deck (450)
Swing (1,439)
Through truss (15,004)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,863)
Truss (32,690)
US 17 (17)
Warren truss (6,538)

Update Log 

  • November 10, 2016: New photo from Andrew Penik
  • December 10, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • August 11, 2015: New Street View added by Andy Peters
  • November 24, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: NRHP Eligible
  • February 25, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • August 26, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 8, 2012: Updated by C Hanchey: Added category "St. Mary's River "
  • May 3, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • April 6, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
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St. Mary's River Bridge
Posted April 6, 2009, by Donald Rainey (raineydonald [at] stanleygroup [dot] com)

Bridge is NOT closed. It was rehabilitated in 2005 and carries traffic today.