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First bridgeedit
The first bridge at this location was built in 1899, connecting the then separate towns of Daytona and Daytona Beach.
Second bridgeedit
In 2016, a project aimed at replacing the old Orange Avenue Bridge commenced. The project lasted for 32 months and the new, high rise, concrete arch bridge came into existence[2].
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veterans, memorial, bridge, daytona, beach, veterans, memorial, bridge, commonly, called, orange, avenue, bridge, spans, halifax, river, intracoastal, waterway, daytona, beach, florida, volusia, county, florida, bridge, carries, vehicles, across, lanes, 4050, . The Veterans Memorial Bridge commonly called the Orange Avenue Bridge spans the Halifax River and Intracoastal Waterway in Daytona Beach Florida Volusia County Florida The bridge carries vehicles across two lanes of CR 4050 from Orange Avenue and Silver Beach Avenue Veterans Memorial BridgeThe second bridgeCoordinates29 12 40 N 81 00 39 W 29 21111 N 81 01083 W 29 21111 81 01083CarriesCR 4050Orange AvenueSilver Beach AvenueCrossesHalifax RiverIntracoastal WaterwayLocaleDaytona Beach FloridaOfficial nameTom Staed Veterans Memorial Bridge 1 Maintained byFlorida Department of TransportationHistoryConstruction end2020StatisticsTollFreeLocation Contents 1 History 1 1 First bridge 1 2 Second bridge 1 3 Memorial plaques 2 See also 3 References 4 Gallery 5 External linksHistory editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2020 First bridge edit The first bridge at this location was built in 1899 connecting the then separate towns of Daytona and Daytona Beach Second bridge editIn 2016 a project aimed at replacing the old Orange Avenue Bridge commenced The project lasted for 32 months and the new high rise concrete arch bridge came into existence 2 This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2020 Memorial plaques edit The bridge has 28 scenic overlooks each with plaques commemorating conflicts in the military history of the United States Each plaque includes a description of conflicts and their outcomes the number of military personnel killed wounded or missing in action a QR code linked to additional data and a Braille plate with information Plaque sequence Event memorialized Years 1st American Revolutionary War 1775 1883 2nd Northwest Indian War 1785 1793 Quasi War 1778 1800 First Barbary War 1801 1805 3rd The War of 1812 1812 1815 4th Tecumseh s War 1811 Creek War 1813 1814 Second Barbary War 1815 5th American Indian Wars 1817 1898 6th Mexican American War 1846 1848 7th Second Opium War 1856 1860 Utah War 1857 1858 First amp Second Cortina Wars 1859 1861 8th Civil War 1861 1865 9th Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii 1893 Second Samoan Civil War 1898 1899 10th Spanish American War 1898 1902 11th Philippine American War 1899 1902 Boxer Rebellion 1899 1901 Border War 1910 1919 12th World War I 1917 1918 13th World War II 1941 1946 14th World War II European Theater 15th 16th World War II Pacific Theater 17th Korean War 1950 1953 18th Vietnam War 1964 1975 19th Mayaguez Incident 1975 Operation Eagle Claw 1980 Gulf of Sidra 1981 20th Operation Urgent Fury 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing 1983 Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986 21st Operations Desert Shield amp Desert Storm 1990 1993 22nd Operation Just Cause 1989 Operation Restore Hope 1992 1993 Operation Gothic Serpent 1993 23rd Bosnian War 1993 1995 Operation Uphold Democracy 1994 1995 Kosovo War 1998 1999 24th Operation Enduring Freedom 2001 2014 25th Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 2010 26th Plaque describing the Veterans Memorial Park below the bridge 27th Operation New Dawn 2010 Present 28th Military Intervention in Libya 2011 29th blank See also editList of crossings of the Halifax RiverReferences edit Metz Claire 6 August 2020 Veterans Memorial Bridge opens connecting Daytona Beach s downtown to beachside WESH Retrieved 14 December 2020 Florida Volusia County May 15 2021 Tom Staed Veterans Memorial Bridge volusia org Retrieved May 9 2024 Gallery editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2020 External links editVeterans Memorial Bridge and Proposed Future Memorial Plaza at Volusia County s website Veterans Memorial Bridge at WSP Global Orange Avenue Bridge at bridgehunter com 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 Veterans Memorial Bridge Daytona Beach amp oldid 1223620519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
