FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge

FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
Florida East Coast Railway bascule bridge in Jacksonville, Florida
Coordinates	30°19′21″N 81°39′56″W / 30.32250°N 81.66556°W / 30.32250; -81.66556Coordinates: 30°19′21″N 81°39′56″W / 30.32250°N 81.66556°W / 30.32250; -81.66556
Carries	2 tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway
Crosses	St. Johns River
Locale	Jacksonville, Florida
Maintained by	Florida East Coast Railway
Characteristics
Design	Simple truss bridge with bascule lift span, plate girder approaches
History
Designer	Joseph Strauss
Opened	1925

The FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a double track railroad bridge spanning the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida.

Completed in 1925 by the Florida East Coast Railway, this structure replaced a single-track swing bridge which opened on January 5, 1890. The current structure is a simple truss bridge with plate girder approaches and a bascule lift allowing ships to pass. It runs immediately next to the Acosta Bridge.

A 1992 map of the FEC bridge (immediately next to the Acosta Bridge)

References and external links

Mallery, Paul (2000). Bridge and Trestle Handbook (4th ed.). Newton, New Jersey, U.S.: Carstens Publications. ISBN 978-0-9118-6899-9.
Photos and information on the bridge

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

St. Johns River crossings in the Jacksonville, Florida area

Upriver from Downtown	Shands Buckman Timuquana

Downtown Jacksonville	Fuller Waren FEC Strauss Trunnion Acosta Main Street Hart Mathews 20th Street Extension

Downriver from Downtown	Dames Point State Road 113A Mayport Ferry

Italics indicate a bridge was never built.

Crossings of the St. Johns River

Upstream
Fuller Warren Bridge

FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
Florida East Coast Railway

Downstream
Acosta Bridge

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