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Jupiter Federal Bridge

Palm Beach County, Florida

Photos 

In Foreground. Looking West.

Photo taken by Mark Boettcher in January 2021

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BH Photo #515185

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bascule bridge over ICWW (Loxahatchee River) on US 1 in Jupiter Inlet Colony
Location
Jupiter, Palm Beach County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1958
Design
Deck plate girder bascule
Dimensions
Total length: 842.6 ft.
Also called
US 1 Loxahatchee River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+26.94706, -80.08483   (decimal degrees)
26°56'49" N, 80°05'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/590843/2980900 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jupiter
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
18,800
Inventory numbers
FDOT 930005 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12469 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 50.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bascule (1,097)
Built 1958 (368)
Built during 1950s (4,015)
Deck girder (6,343)
Florida (682)
Girder (11,236)
Have street view (29,290)
Intracoastal Waterway (134)
Jupiter, Florida (5)
 Movable (3,137)
Navigable waterway (2,212)
Open (41,013)
Owned by state (16,594)
Palm Beach County, Florida (46)
Plate girder (8,782)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,098)
US 1 (111)

Update Log 

  • January 13, 2022: New photo from Mark Boettcher
  • September 6, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • May 19, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

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  • Douglas Butler
  • Mark Boettcher
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Jupiter Federal Bridge
Posted March 3, 2022, by Douglas Butler (dbutler721992 [at] gmail [dot] com)

A bridge operator woman was fired last year because she fell asleep on the job!!!