OLDEST Vertical Lift Bridge in Florida - Hialeah, Florida, USA
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N 25° 49.330 W 080° 16.811
17R E 572146 N 2856187
The OLDEST surviving vertical lift bridge in Florida, and the ONLY vertical lift bridge in the State of Florida with a Parker Truss design.
Waymark Code: WM124HF
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2020
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The Hialeah-Miami Springs Vertical Lift Bridge was erected in 1927, making it the OLDEST surviving vertical lift bridge in the state of Florida. (source: "Historic Highway Bridges of Florida," by the State of Florida, Department of Transportation. Published 2004. Pages 74-75.)
"This unusual structure is the ONLY bridge in the State of Florida with a Parker truss design, which features a polygonal top chord that changes pitches at every panel point."
(Source: Hialeah-Miami Springs Vertical Lift Bridge Historical Marker.)
Type of documentation of superlative status: Historical Marker and FDOT publication "Historic Highway Bridges of Florida"
Location of coordinates: Historical Marker adjacent to vertical lift bridge
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