Port Orange Causeway

{{short description|Bridge in Florida, United States of America}}

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|official_name = William V. Chappel Jr. Memorial Bridge

|carries = Four lanes of {{jct|state=FL|SR|A1A}}

|crosses = Halifax River
Intracoastal Waterway

|locale = Port Orange, Florida

|maint = Florida Dept. of Transportation

|id = 790147

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|material = Prestressed concrete

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|traffic = 29,000

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|complete = 1990

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The Port Orange Causeway, commonly called the Port Orange Bridge or the Dunlawton Bridge, spans the Halifax River and Intracoastal Waterway in Port Orange, Volusia County, Florida. The bridge carries approximately 29,000 vehicles per day across four lanes of State Road A1A and Dunlawton Avenue.[http://www.dot.state.fl.us/statemaintenanceoffice/CBR/Florida%20Bridge%20Information%2007-01-08.pdf Florida Dept. of Transportation, Florida Bridge Information]

History

=First bridge=

The first bridge at this location was built by the Port Orange Bridge Company (owned by S. H. Gove) in 1906, made of sable palm pilings and pine bridge timbers. In 1918, Gove offered to sell the bridge to Volusia County. The bridge was severely damaged by a hurricane in 1932, and was torn down. Port Orange was without a bridge for many years after the disaster.History of Volusia County, Florida; by Pleasant Daniel Gold (1927)

=Second bridge=

A bascule bridge was finally built here as a replacement in 1951. The two-lane drawbridge was paid for with tolls. The bridge connected the two ends of Dunlawton Avenue, from the mainland to the beach peninsula.Centennial History of Volusia County, Florida (1854-1954); "Bridges"; by Ianthe Bond Hebel (1954)

=Third bridge=

File:Granada(Top)PortOrange(Bottom)Bridges2.png was planned to be similar to the 1983 Granada Bridge (top photo) passing over that same river.]]

In May 1987, the U.S. federal government agreed to provide $8.16 million of the estimated $12 million cost of building a Port Orange, Florida bridge planned to be similar to the Granada Bridge.{{cite news|last=Truesdell|first=Al|date=May 29, 1987|work=Orlando Sentinel|title=Bridge Money Elates Port Orange $8 Million from U.S. Fund will Help Replace Dunlawton Causeway|department=Volusia Sentinel|page=1|quote=A spokesman for U.S. Congressman Bill Chappell, D-Ormond Beach, said the federal government will pay $8.16 million of the estimated $12 million cost of building a 65-foot-high bridge that will be similar to the Granada Bridge in Ormond Beach.|access-date=12 December 2008|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/93032047.html?dids=93032047:93032047&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+29%2C+1987&author=Al+Truesdell+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&edition=&startpage=1&desc=BRIDGE+MONEY+ELATES+PORT+ORANGE+%248+MILLION+FROM+U.S.+FUND+WILL+HELP+REPLACE+DUNLAWTON+CAUSEWAY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525120035/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/93032047.html?dids=93032047:93032047&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+29,+1987&author=Al+Truesdell+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&edition=&startpage=1&desc=BRIDGE+MONEY+ELATES+PORT+ORANGE+$8+MILLION+FROM+U.S.+FUND+WILL+HELP+REPLACE+DUNLAWTON+CAUSEWAY|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2011}} After the drawbridge had aged and was expensive to maintain, it was replaced in 1990 by a new four-lane high bridge, which carries State Road A1A over the river. The Florida State Legislature designated the new bridge as the Congressman William V. Chappel Jr. Memorial Bridge.{{cite book|last = Cardwell|first = Harold and Priscilla|year = 2000|title = Images of America: Port Orange|publisher = Arcadia Publishing|isbn = 0-7385-0618-4}}

References

Gallery

Image:POCauseway_0913.JPG

Image:POCauseway_0907.JPG

Image:HR_PO_Birds0898.jpg

Image:PO_Wildlife_Sanctuary0915.jpg

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081220122254/http://www.port-orange.org/living/history2V.php History of Port Orange]
[http://www.portorangeimages.com/port_orange_bridge.htm Port Orange Images]

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|place = Halifax River

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Category:Causeways in Florida

Category:Bridges in Volusia County, Florida