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Project-ID: p0000100
Created on: 10/06/02
Modified on: 22/06/09


Seven Mile Bridge

Built: 1908 - 1912
Project type: Railroad line  
Knight's Key Bridge.<br>(HAER, FLA,44-KNIKE,1-27)
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There is a total of 4 images.
Location(s):
*Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Structures that are part of this project:
kmName
 Knight's Key Bridge (1912) 1
 Moser Channel Bridge (1912) 2
 Pacet Channel Viaduct (1912)
 Pigeon Key Bridge (1912) 1

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Chronology
1914
Henri Flagler dies.
1931
Florida East Coast Railroad goes bankrupt.
2 September 1935
Line is damaged in a hurricane and service is abandoned. The State of Florida soon afterwards converts the bridges into highway bridges for US. Route 1.
ca. 1980
The Seven Mile Bridge is closed entirely, some sections are demolished.
1982
Construction of the Keys Bridge replacing the Seven Mile Bridges is completed. The old bridges can still be seen in most parts from the new bridge.

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External LinkHAER: Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Knight Key, Monroe County, FL English

Relevant Literature
* Jackson, Donald C.   Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 168-169.
* Sabbah, Catherine   Le pont des Keys en Floride, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 8 March 2002, n. 5128 .

 
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