St. Marys River Bridge

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St. Mary's River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in January 2012

BH Photo #223055

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

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)
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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.