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Bridge of Lions (2006)

St. Johns County, Florida

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn

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BH Photo #317337

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Removed Acrow Pony Truss vertical lift bridge over Matanzas River on Anastasia Boulevard at St. Augustine
Location
Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built in 2006 as temporary bridge while original was rehabilitated; removed in 2010.
Builder
- Acrow Corporation of America of Parsippany, New Jersey
Design
Acrow Pony Truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.89256, -81.30772   (decimal degrees)
29°53'33" N, 81°18'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/470289/3306919 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Augustine
Inventory number
BH 61857 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Acrow Corporation of America (20)
Acrow Pony Truss (20)
Augustine, Florida (1)
Built 2006 (74)
Built during 2000s (725)
FL A1A (3)
Florida (681)
Lost (28,435)
Lost 2010 (488)
Lost during 2010s (3,599)
 Modern (2,673)
Modern through truss (68)
Modern truss (181)
Movable (3,114)
Navigable waterway (2,204)
Owned by state (16,554)
St. Johns County, Florida (9)
Temporary (23)
Vertical lift (428)

Update Log 

  • February 26, 2015: New photos from James Baughn
  • February 21, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
  • July 23, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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Comments 

Bridge of Lions (Temporary)
Posted February 27, 2015, by Roger Deschner (rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com)

Holy cow! They suspended a two-story Bailey pony truss bridge from scaffolding to make a temporary lift bridge. Not exactly a work of art, but still a unique, remarkable bridge.