John Ringling Causeway
John Ringling Causeway (also known as Ringling Bridge or Gil Waters Bridge) is a bridge that extends past the Sarasota Bay, from Sarasota to St. Armands Key and Lido Key. The 65-foot-tall (20 m) bridge, built in 2003, is a segmental box girder bridge named after John Ringling, one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus and resident of the Sarasota area.
John Ringling Causeway | |
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View of bridge and Sarasota Bay from the Sarasota Recreational Trail | |
| Coordinates | 27°19′34″N 82°33′46″W |
| Carries | 4 lanes of SR 789 and pedestrians |
| Crosses | Sarasota Bay |
| Locale | Sarasota, Florida |
| Official name | John Ringling Causeway |
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| Named for | John Ringling |
| Owner | Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) |
| ID number | 170176 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Segmental box girder bridge |
| Material | Concrete |
| Total length | 3,097.04 ft (944 m) |
| Width | 106.35 ft (32 m) |
| Height | 65 ft (20 m) |
| No. of spans | 11 |
| No. of lanes | 4 |
| Design life | 75 years |
| History | |
| Constructed by | PCL Construction |
| Construction start | August 2001 |
| Construction end | 2003 |
| Construction cost | $68 million |
| Opened | 2003 |
| Inaugurated | August 30, 2003 |
| Rebuilt | 2001 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 33,000 (2014) |
| Toll | None |
| Location | |
John Ringling Causeway (bascule bridge) | |
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The John Ringling Causeway bascule bridge in 2003, before it was replaced by a high-level bridge. | |
| Coordinates | 27°20′N 82°34′W |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Bascule |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 2,640 ft (805 m) |
| Width | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Clearance above | 20 ft (6 m) |
| No. of lanes | 4 |
| History | |
| Construction cost | $20 million |
| Opened | 1959 |
| Closed | 2003 |
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