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2000
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17th Street Causeway, Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA: For years, marina owners in Fort Lauderdale have used the term "no bridges" to let their customers know that they would not have to go through a drawbridge to get from the inlet to their marina. That will all change with the building of the new 17th Street Causeway bridge:
The 17th Street Causeway has long been a landmark of Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Inland Waterway. The bridge has long separated the Fort Lauderdale waterways from the Port Everglades Inlet, allowing only moderate sized boats drawbridge-free access to the Inlet or the marinas on the Fort Lauderdale side of the bridge.
In 1998, the Florida Department of Transportation began the Causeway bridge project with the intention of raising the height of the bridge to accommodate larger boats. The new bridge will increase the vertical clearance from 22 feet to 55 feet (closed position) and the channel width from 100 feet to 125 feet. The greater height will lessen the number of times the drawbridge will have to open each day, easing traffic constrictions on busy 17th Street. The increased width of the channel will allow more boat
traffic under the bridge.
The 17th Street Causeway bridge uses a Balanced Cantilever Construction to midspan (to the Carina Pier), and a Progressive Cantilever Construction with a load carrying tower in the middle section. The approach spans are made up of Twin Variable Depth - Constant Slope Concrete Segmental Bridges. The cost of the bridge is $62 million.
The new bridge will be opened on May 10th, 2000. This will benefit boaters in the Fort Lauderdale/Miami area, and boaters using the Florida Intracoastal Waterway.
October 2000 - MarinaMate.com
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