Victory Bridge (Florida)

Old and new Victory Bridges, with Jim Woodruff Dam in the background

Victory Bridge spanning the Apalachicola River via US 90

The Victory Bridge carries U.S. Route 90 (US 90) over the floodplain of the Apalachicola River in the Florida Panhandle, immediately below the Jim Woodruff Dam. It was originally built by the Masters and Mullen Construction Company out of Cleveland (Henry C. Masters and Claude F. Mullen). The original Victory Bridge, completed in 1922 at a cost of $1 million USD,^[1] is no longer used, having been replaced in 1994-1996^[2] by a high-level bridge slightly upstream that carries the same name.

The old Victory Bridge.

Center line on U.S. Route 90.

References[]

^ Edmonds, Richard H., ed. (August 24, 1922). "Victory Bridge Across Apalachicola Now Complete". Manufacturers' Record. Baltimore, MD: Manufacturers' Record Publishing Co. 82 (8): 56. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
^ "Victory BridgeSneads, Florida". GLF Construction.

Coordinates: 30°42′04″N 84°51′33″W / 30.701134°N 84.85908°W / 30.701134; -84.85908

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[MR-1] Edmonds, Richard H., ed. (August 24, 1922). "Victory Bridge Across Apalachicola Now Complete". Manufacturers' Record. Baltimore, MD: Manufacturers' Record Publishing Co. 82 (8): 56. Retrieved 2011-10-04.

[2] "Victory BridgeSneads, Florida". GLF Construction.

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v t Notable bridges and tunnels in Florida
Panhandle	Escambia Bay Garcon Point John Gorrie Mid-Bay Pensacola Bay St. George Island Trammell Victory
North	Acosta Bridge of Lions Main Street Buckman Dames Point Fuller Warren Hart Mathews Memorial Strauss Trunnion
West Central	Bayside Clearwater Memorial Courtney Campbell Gandy Howard Frankland Pinellas Bayway Sunshine Skyway Treasure Island
East Central	A. Max Brewer Astor Bennett Bert Dosh Broadway Eau Gallie Granada Melbourne Merritt Island NASA Osteen Mid-Bay Bridge Pineda Port Orange Roosevelt Sebastian Inlet Wabasso Merrill P. Barber Alma Lee Loy Whitehair
South	Broad Coral Springs^† Julia Tuttle John F. Kennedy Lehman MacArthur Rickenbacker Snow-Reed^‡ Venetian
Southwest	Blackburn Point Bridge^‡ Boca Grande^‡ Bonita Beach Caloosahatchee Cape Coral Edison John Ringling Matanzas Pass Midpoint Sanibel S.S. Jolley
Keys	Bahia Honda Card Sound Jewfish Creek Long Key Overseas Highway Seven Mile
Tunnels	Henry E. Kinney Port of Miami
Ferries	Drayton Island Fort Gates Mayport
Lists	List of bridges in Florida List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida List of movable bridges in Florida
^† – Covered bridge ^‡ – Swing bridge

Victory Bridge (Florida)

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