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Ocean Avenue Bridge (1935)

Palm Beach County, Florida

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Photo taken by Boynton Beach

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)

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BH Photo #488287

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck girder bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on Ocean Avenue Route 804
Location
Ocean Ridge, Palm Beach County, Florida
Status
Demolished and replaced with new bridge
History
Built in 1935 replaced in 2001
Builders
- Nashville Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Deck girder bascule
Dimensions
Total length: 121.0 ft.
Deck width: 31.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+26.52677, -80.05346   (decimal degrees)
26°31'36" N, 80°03'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/594304/2934370 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Worth
Inventory number
BH 65991 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,104)
Built 1935 (1,495)
Built during 1930s (12,248)
Deck girder (6,402)
Florida (683)
Girder (11,350)
Lost (30,053)
Lost 2001 (469)
 Lost during 2000s (4,440)
Movable (3,157)
Nashville Bridge Co. (34)
Ocean Ridge, Florida (2)
Owned by state (16,660)
Palm Beach County, Florida (46)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,517)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • February 13, 2015: Added by Douglas Butler

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