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**Dames Point Bridge**
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Official name	Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge
Carries	six general purpose lanes
Crosses	St. Johns River
Locale	Jacksonville, Florida
Maintained by	Florida Department of Transportation
ID number	720518
Design	continuous prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridge
Longest span	396.2 meters (1300 feet)
Total length	3244.9 meters (10646 feet)
Width	32.2 meters (106 feet)
Vertical clearance	12.11 meters (39.7 feet)
Clearance below	48.7 meters (160 feet)
Average Daily Traffic	{{{traffic}}}
Opening date	March 1989
Destruction date	{{{closed}}}
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The Dames Point Bridge (officially the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida on Florida State Road 9A. It was completed in 1989. The main span is 1300 feet, and is 175 feet high. Until the completion of the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick, Georgia in 2003, it was the only bridge in the United States to feature the harp (parallel) stay arrangement on two vertical planes, a design which rivals suspension bridges for strength and beauty. The St. ... The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... The Florida Department of Transportation, or FDOT, is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment, maintenance, and regulation of public transportation in the state of Florida[1]. // Achievements In 1974, FDOT completed Floridas Turnpike, a 450-mile system of limited access toll highways. ... The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) is a database, compiled by the Federal Highway Administration, with information on all bridges and tunnels in the United States that have roads passing above or below. ... Traditional reinforced concrete is based on the use of steel reinforcement bars, rebar, inside poured concrete. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more pillars, with cables supporting the roadbed. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (April 19, 1857–October 1, 1910) was the nineteenth governor of the U.S. state of Florida from January 3, 1905 to January 5, 1909. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more pillars, with cables supporting the roadbed. ... A log bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. ... The St. ... The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Official languages English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 22nd 170,451 kmÂ² 17. ... SR 9A is also the unsigned number for Interstate 95 south of the Golden Glades Interchange. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The original Sidney Lanier Bridge was a drawbridge on U.S. Highway 17 crossing over the South Brunswick River and was opened June 22, 1956. ... Brunswick is a city located in Glynn County, Georgia. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

Mike Strong's Dames Point Bridge site

The Dames Point Bridge, seen from northbound SR 9A Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1424x1068, 1560 KB)Jacksonville FL Dames Point Bridge travelling northbound. ... SR 9A is also the unsigned number for Interstate 95 south of the Golden Glades Interchange. ...

The Dames Point Bridge, seen from northbound SR 9A Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1010x492, 56 KB) Northbound on w:Florida State Road 9A approaching the w:Dames Point Bridge. ...

Northbound on the Dames Point Bridge. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1323x2048, 259 KB) Northbound on the w:Dames Point Bridge. ...

St. Johns River crossings in the Jacksonville, Florida area
south of downtown	Shands Bridge (to be replaced or supplemented) - Buckman Bridge - Timuquana Bridge (never built)
south from downtown	Fuller Warren Bridge - Acosta Bridge - Main Street Bridge
east from downtown	Hart Bridge - Mathews Bridge - 20th Street Extension (never built)
east of downtown	Dames Point Bridge - SR 113A (never built) - Mayport Ferry

Categories: Cable-stayed bridges | Bridges in Florida | Bridges completed in 1989 | Bridge (structure) stubs The St. ... The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... Shands Bridge at dedication, October 30, 1963. ... Eastbound on the Buckman Bridge. ... The Timuquana Bridge was a proposed bridge over the St. ... Categories: Bridges in Florida | Jacksonville | Stub ... The original Acosta Bridge with the adjacent railroad bridge. ... The Main Street Bridge seen from the Acosta Bridge. ... External links City of Jacksonville article about the bridges (PDF) Categories: Substubs | Jacksonville | Bridges in Florida ... Categories: Bridges in Florida | Jacksonville | US geography stubs ... The Saint Johns River Ferry, also known as the Mayport Ferry, is an auto ferry between Mayport and Fort George Island, two areas within Jacksonville, Florida. ...

Results from FactBites:

Dames Point Bridge (920 words)
	Dames Point's foundations extend roughly 80 feet beneath the surface of the St. John's River.
	The concrete and steel deck is suspended by 168 steel cables which extend from the towers and connect to the edge girder of the span at 35 foot intervals.
	The Dames Point Bridge is the longest concrete cable-stayed bridge in the United States.

Road Trip to Florida (3018 words)
	In 1977, a new high level bridge was built for westbound traffic, and in the early 1980s a new high level eastbound span replaced the 1947 cement and steel swing bridge.
	The new 4-lane cable-stayed bridge had just opened to traffic, and it has 185 feet of vertical navigational clearance, and the old 2-lane cantilever bridge is in the process of being dismantled.
	The original bridge suffered two ship collisions, and with the new bridge having both main piers located on land outside of the river, the new bridge is protected from ship collisions.

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