The bridge's design, which lacked shoulders for disabled or wrecked vehicles to pull out of the flow of traffic, made it a severe bottleneck for commuters going to the Orlando Area beginning in the 1980s. A series of fatal traffic collisions on it and similarly-designed bridges statewide, most notably the Interstate 75 Lake Panasoffkee Bridge, led to a move in 2000 to use state emergency bridge funds similar to the contingency funds used to rebuild the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to begin planned reconstruction. Work began in 2001, and a new dual structure consisting of two three-lane spans, each with wide shoulders on either side, was fully opened in May 2004.[1] The old bridge was dismantled over the next few months. Upon completion, the new structure was officially renamed the St. Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge.
johns, river, veterans, memorial, bridge, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, s. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources St Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message The original St Johns River Bridge was a four lane concrete and steel causeway bridge constructed over the St Johns River at the west outlet of Lake Monroe It is a part of Interstate 4 and spans the border between Seminole and Volusia Counties in Florida United States On the Seminole side is Sanford and on the Volusia side is DeBary St Johns River Veterans Memorial BridgeSt Johns River Veterans Memorial BridgeCoordinates28 50 09 N 81 19 09 W 28 8358 N 81 3192 W 28 8358 81 3192CarriesI 4CrossesSt Johns River at Lake Monroe and US 17 US 92 SR 15 SR 600 LocaleSanford Florida and DeBary FloridaOfficial nameSt Johns River Veterans Memorial BridgeMaintained byFlorida Department of TransportationID number790940CharacteristicsDesignprestressed concrete stringer multi beam or girder bridgeTotal length808 9 meters 2654 feet Width18 8 meters 62 feet Longest span39 6 meters 130 feet Clearance aboveN AClearance below13 7 meters 45 feet HistoryOpened1960 first bridge 2004 second bridge Location The bridge s design which lacked shoulders for disabled or wrecked vehicles to pull out of the flow of traffic made it a severe bottleneck for commuters going to the Orlando Area beginning in the 1980s A series of fatal traffic collisions on it and similarly designed bridges statewide most notably the Interstate 75 Lake Panasoffkee Bridge led to a move in 2000 to use state emergency bridge funds similar to the contingency funds used to rebuild the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to begin planned reconstruction Work began in 2001 and a new dual structure consisting of two three lane spans each with wide shoulders on either side was fully opened in May 2004 1 The old bridge was dismantled over the next few months Upon completion the new structure was officially renamed the St Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge See also edit nbsp Transport portal nbsp Engineering portal nbsp Florida portal List of crossings of the St Johns RiverReferences edit Completed Project Replaces St Johns River Bridge Widens I 4External links editSt Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge St Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge docs nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge nbsp This article about a bridge in Florida is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge amp oldid 1097297627, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
