Royal Park Bridge, City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA / Built 1929; reconstructed 1959; replaced 2005

Facts:

 

Overview:

Lost bascule bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on FL 704 in West Palm Beach

 

Location:

West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida

 

Status:

Replaced by a new bridge

 

History:

Built 1929; reconstructed 1959; replaced 2005

 

Design:

Bascule

Dimensions:

Length of largest span: 113.9 ft.

Total length: 1,237.9 ft.

Deck width: 27.9 ft.

 

Also called:

Intracoastal Waterway Bridge

 

Approximate latitude, longitude:

+26.70602, -80.04645 (decimal degrees)

26°42'22" N, 80°02'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")

 

Approximate UTM coordinates:

17/594853/2954229 (zone/easting/northing)

 

Quadrangle map:

Palm Beach

 

Inventory numbers:

FDOT 930505 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)

FDOT 930022 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)

BH 12466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

 

Inspection: (as of 04/1998)

 

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)

 

Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)

 

Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)

 

Appraisal: Structurally deficient

 

Sufficiency rating: 15.7 (out of 100)

 

Average daily traffic: (as of 1996)

11,000

 

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

bridgehunter.com/fl/palm-beach/930505/</Palm_Beach,_Florida

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