Bahia Honda Rail Bridge
The Bahia Honda Rail Bridge is a derelict railroad bridge in the lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key. It was originally part of the Overseas Railway, but the state of Florida purchased it from the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and converted it for automobile use as part of the Overseas Highway in 1938. After a replacement Bahia Honda Bridge was opened in 1972, two spans of the old bridge were removed for the safety of boat traffic and to prevent pedestrian access to unsafe parts of the bridge.
Bahia Honda Rail Bridge | |
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View of the Bahia Honda Bridge from Bahia Honda State Park. | |
| Coordinates | 24.65520°N 81.29253°W |
| Carries | Single track of Florida East Coast Railway, North and Southbound lanes of U.S. Route 1 |
| Crosses | Bahia Honda Channel |
| Locale | Connects Bahia Honda Key and Spanish Harbor Key |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Parker (Camelback) Truss Bridge with Pratt Truss and Plate Girder approaches |
| Total length | 5,055 feet (1,541 m) |
| Longest span | 247 feet (75 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 as rail bridge, converted to highway use in 1938 |
| Closed | 1972 |
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