FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
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| FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge | |
 The FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge today, with the CSX Corporation headquarters building in the background. |
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| Carries | 2 tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway |
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| Crosses | St. Johns River |
| Locale | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Maintained by | Florida East Coast Railway |
| Design | Simple truss bridge with bascule lift span, plate girder approaches |
| Opening date | 1925 |
| Coordinates | |
The FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a double track railroad bridge spanning the St. Johns River at Jacksonville, Florida.
Completed in 1925, this structure replaced a single-track swing bridge, opened on January 5, 1890.
[edit] References and external links
- Mallery,Paul (1992). Bridge and Trestle Handbook. Carstens. ISBN 911868-79-8.
| St. Johns River crossings in the Jacksonville, Florida area | |
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| Upriver from Downtown Jax | Shands Bridge (to be replaced or supplemented) - Buckman Bridge - Timuquana Bridge (never built) |
| Downtown Jax | Fuller Warren Bridge - FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge - Acosta Bridge - Main Street Bridge - Hart Bridge - Mathews Bridge - 20th Street Extension (never built) |
| Downriver from Downtown Jax | Dames Point Bridge - Florida State Road 113A (never built) - Mayport Ferry |
| Crossings of the St. Johns River | |||
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| Upstream Fuller Warren Bridge  |
FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge Florida East Coast Railway |
Downstream Acosta Bridge  |
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