Alva Bridge

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bridge_name=Alva Bridge

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caption=The Alva Bridge as seen from the north river bank
official_name=Alva Bridge
carries=Broadway
crosses=Caloosahatchee River
locale=Alva, Florida
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design=Concrete and Steel Bascule Bridge
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clearance=21 Feet (with drawbridge lowered)
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open=1903 (Original Bridge)
1969 (Current Bridge)
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coordinates=26°42'48.52"N/ 81°36'35.98"W
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The Alva Bridge is a small two-lane drawbridge located in Alva, Florida. The bridge is 21 feet tall and it is one of four drawbridges in Lee County. The bridge carries Broadway over the Caloosahatchee River.

The first bridge at this site was a small swing bridge constructed in 1903, and it was the closest bridge to Fort Myers up until 1924. In 1925, the original bridge was replaced with a new swing bridge. The old swing bridge was then dismantled and taken to Matlacha, Florida, where it operated as the Matlacha Bridge for a year before being destroyed by a hurricane. The new swing bridge operated until 1966, when it was destroyed by a barge transporting rocket parts to the Kennedy Space Center. The second swing bridge then had to be replaced by the current drawbridge, which opened in 1969, after three years of construction. cite news
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title =Lee County's Moveable Bridges: The Drawbridge at Alva
work =Tropicalia (from The News-Press)
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date =2007-09-09
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structure = Crossings
place = Caloosahatchee River
bridge = Alva Bridge
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upstream = Fort Denaud Bridge
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downstream = Wilson Pigott Bridge
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