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Dames Point Bridge
The Dames Point Bridge, seen from northbound SR 9AOfficial 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 Total length 3244.9 meters (10646 feet) Width 32.2 meters (106 feet) Longest span 396.2 meters (1300 feet) Vertical clearance 12.11 meters (39.7 feet) Clearance below 48.7 meters (160 feet) Opened March 10, 1989 Coordinates 30°23′09″N 81°33′30″W / 30.38583333°N 81.558333333°WCoordinates: 30°23′09″N 81°33′30″W / 30.38583333°N 81.558333333°W The Dames Point Bridge (officially the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida on State Road 9A. Construction began in 1985 and it was completed in 1989. The main span is 1300 feet, and is 175 feet high. The bridge was designed by HNTB Corporation and built by Massman Construction Company.
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.[citation needed] The cables are arranged on multiple vertical planes, making a slight modification to the harp arrangement. Main span cables are paired to anchor into the tower in a vertical plane. Side span cables pair up to anchor in a horizontal plane. By doing this, four cables anchor in the tower at approximately the same elevation.
The Dames Point Bridge was the third cable-stayed bridge built in the Western hemisphere,[dubious ] and currently the 77th largest in the world on the List of largest cable-stayed bridges
Trapped inspectors
On May 15, 1989, the rope holding up a bucket used in an inspection of the bridge failed, leaving workers trapped. All workers were successfully rescued. The story of this rescue effort was aired on Rescue 911 on September 12 of the same year (see video).
External links
- Dames Point Bridge on Google Street View
- Mike Strong's Dames Point Bridge site
- Hannan, Larry (2009-03-10). "Dames Point bridge reaches 20-year mark". The Florida Times-Union. http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-03-10/story/dames_point_bridge_reaches_20-year_mark. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
St. Johns River crossings in the Jacksonville, Florida area Upriver from Downtown Shands Bridge (to be replaced or supplemented) | Buckman Bridge | Timuquana Bridge (never built)
Downtown Jacksonville Fuller Warren Bridge | FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge | Acosta Bridge | Main Street Bridge | Hart Bridge | Mathews Bridge | 20th Street Extension (never built)
Downriver from Downtown Dames Point Bridge | State Road 113A (never built) | Mayport Ferry
Crossings of the St. Johns River Upstream
Mathews Bridge
Dames Point Bridge
FutureDownstream
Mayport Ferry
Notable bridges and tunnels in Florida Panhandle Escambia Bay · Garcon Point · John Gorrie · Mid-Bay · Pensacola Bay · St. George Island · Trammell · Victory
North Acosta · Bridge of Lions · Buckman · Dames Point · Fuller Warren · Hart · Mathews · Memorial · Strauss Trunnion
West Central East Central A. Max Brewer · Bert Dosh · Broadway · Eau Gallie Causeway · Granada · Melbourne Causeway · Merritt Island Causeway · NASA Causeway · Pineda Causeway · Port Orange Causeway · Roosevelt · Wabasso
South Broad Causeway · Cape Coral · Coral Springs† · Julia Tuttle Causeway · John F. Kennedy Causeway · John Ringling Causeway · Lehman Causeway · MacArthur Causeway · Matanzas Pass · Midpoint · Rickenbacker Causeway · Sanibel Causeway · Snow-Reed‡ · Venetian Causeway
Keys Bahia Honda · Card Sound · Jewfish Creek · Overseas Highway · Seven Mile
Tunnels † – Covered bridge‡ - Swing bridge
See also: List of bridges in FloridaCategories:- Bridges completed in 1989
- Bridges in Jacksonville, Florida
- Cable-stayed bridges in the United States
- Landmarks in Florida
- Road bridges in Florida
- United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Florida building and structure stubs
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