Park Boulevard Bridge

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Park Boulevard Bridge
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The Park Boulevard Bridge in 2019.
Coordinates 27°50′38.1″N82°50′17.5″W / 27.843917°N 82.838194°W / 27.843917; -82.838194
CarriesCR 694 jct.svg CR 694
CrossesThe Narrows
Locale Indian Shores, Florida
Official namePark Boulevard Bridge
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Characteristics
Design Bascule
Total length1,691 feet
Clearance above 17.4 feet
Clearance below 19.7 feet
No. of lanes Four
History
Opened1981
Statistics
Daily traffic 14,800
Toll$0.30 until 1991
Location
Park Boulevard Bridge

The Park Boulevard Bridge (originally called 78th Avenue Bridge) is a double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Narrows, part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, connecting the barrier islands of Indian Shores and the mainland of Seminole, Florida. The bridge carries Park Boulevard, part of CR 694. The bridge was built in 1981. It had a toll, but ten years later, the tolls were removed . [1] [2] [3]

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References

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