According to a Google Maps label, the lion statues are made with marble.
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| Street View, Jul 2024 |
Because of sailboat masts, the closed clearance becomes important. It is 18' (5.5m) with an additional 4' (1.2m) in the center. [WaterwayGuide]
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| Street View, Jul 2024 |
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| 2012 photo by Pedro Rezende via ArchivedBridgeHunter "Built 1927; reopened March 16, 2010, following a lengthy rehabilitation" |
They built a temporary bridge with a lift span for use during the rehabilitation.
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| 2006 photo by James Baughn via BridgeHunter |
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| HistoricBridges "To someone who has visited many historic movable bridges, one of the most interesting items on the bridge is the retention of fully functional historical style swing gates. The predecessors to the modern automatic gates found on bascule bridges, swing gates are rarely found on surviving historic bascule bridges, and those that do survive rarely operate. In the case of this bridge, the swing gates are fully operational and close when the bridge is raised, and include a bell that rings. Modern gates are also present further back which also operate during a bridge left and meet modern safety codes. "During rehabilitation, an enormous temporary Bailey truss vertical lift bridge was erected to carry traffic on this important roadway. In its own way, this interesting adaptation of the infinitely adaptable Bailey truss is an interesting engineering feat in itself." |
They not only built a temporary lift span, they built a lot of temporary piers and approach spans.
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| 2007 comment by Brian and Jennifer Ross in ArchivedBridgeHunter |
This confirms that they built new approaches and they removed many of the piers of the old bridge. About the only thing they kept were the bridge towers.
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| Google Earth, Jan 2008 |
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| John Merriam posted Sunrise fishing at St Augustine's Bridge of Lions. The Vilano Causeway is in the distance as well.— in St. Augustine, Florida. |
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