THE FRANCIS AND MARY USINA BRIDGE
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N 29° 54.991 W 081° 17.442
17R E 471939 N 3309570
THE FRANCIS AND MARY USINA BRIDGE
Waymark Code: WMVNG
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2006
Views: 42
Named in honor of the St. Augustine and North Beach civic leaders, Francis E. and Mary Borum Usina.
Just as the bridge spans the North River to connect the St. Augustine mainland with Vilano and North Beach, so too the Usinas were strong links between the communities.
For half a century Captain Usina skippered the sightseeing vessel, Victory II, on Matanzas Bay: with his wife Mary he pioneered in the development and improvement of North Beach as St. Augustine expanded to include that area.
Francis E. Usina - 1900-1973
Mary Borum Usina - 1909-1989
Marker Number: No number.
Date: 1995
County: St Johns
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: ST. JOHNS COUNTY COMMISSION IN COOPERATION WITH THE ST. AUGUSTINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Website: Not listed
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