Bert Dosh Memorial Bridge

Bert Dosh Memorial Bridge

Coordinates	29°12′50″N 81°59′10″W / 29.214°N 81.986°W / 29.214; -81.986Coordinates: 29°12′50″N 81°59′10″W / 29.214°N 81.986°W / 29.214; -81.986
Carries	2 General purpose lanes of SR 40
Crosses	Ocklawaha River
Locale	Marion County, Florida
Maintained by	Florida Department of Transportation
ID number	360055
Characteristics
Total length	2,732 feet
History
Opened	1972
Statistics
Daily traffic	14,300

The Bert Dosh Memorial Bridge, also known as the Delks Bluff Bridge, carries State Road 40 over the Ocklawaha River in north-central Florida, east of Silver Springs.

Originally planned as part of the Cross Florida Barge Canal project, the bridge was under construction at the time of the decision by President Richard Nixon to halt work on the canal project, and it was decided to complete the high-level bridge, which opened in 1972.

References

"Canal Authority asks okay for SR 40 Bridge", Ocala Star-Banner, 24 January 1967
"It crosses the Ocklawaha, name it Ocklawaha Bridge", Ocala Star-Banner, 7 May 1972
"SR 40 bridge dedicated to Bert Dosh in ceremony", Ocala Star-Banner, 29 August 1976
FDOT Florida Bridge Data 01-05-2010

Notable bridges and tunnels in Florida

Panhandle	Escambia Bay Garcon Point John Gorrie Mid-Bay Pensacola Bay St. George Island Trammell Victory

North	Acosta Bridge of Lions Main Street Buckman Dames Point Fuller Warren Hart Mathews Memorial Strauss Trunnion Thomas B. Manuel Blue Heron Flagler Memorial

West Central	Bayside Blackburn Point Bridge^‡ Clearwater Memorial Courtney Campbell Gandy Howard Frankland Pinellas Bayway Sunshine Skyway Treasure Island

East Central	A. Max Brewer Astor Bennett Bert Dosh Broadway Eau Gallie Granada Melbourne Merritt Island NASA Osteen Pineda Port Orange Roosevelt Sebastian Inlet Wabasso Merrill P. Barber Alma Lee Loy Whitehair

South	Broad Coral Springs^† Julia Tuttle John F. Kennedy Lehman MacArthur Rickenbacker Snow-Reed^‡ Venetian

Southwest	Boca Grande^‡ Bonita Beach Caloosahatchee Cape Coral Edison John Ringling Matanzas Pass Midpoint Sanibel S.S. Jolley

Keys	Bahia Honda Card Sound Jewfish Creek Long Key Overseas Highway Seven Mile

Tunnels	Henry E. Kinney Port of Miami

Ferries	Drayton Island Fort Gates Mayport

^† – Covered bridge ^‡ – Swing bridge See also: List of bridges in Florida

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