FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge

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FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
The FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge today, with the CSX Corporation headquarters building in the background.
Carries	2 tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway
Crosses	St. Johns River
Locale	Jacksonville, Florida
Maintained by	Florida East Coast Railway
Design	Simple truss bridge with bascule lift span, plate girder approaches
Opening date	1925
Coordinates	30°19′21″N 81°39′56″W / 30.3225, -81.66556Coordinates: 30°19′21″N 81°39′56″W / 30.3225, -81.66556

The FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a double track railroad bridge spanning the St. Johns River at Jacksonville, Florida.

Completed in 1925, this structure replaced a single-track swing bridge, opened on January 5, 1890.

[edit] References and external links

• Mallery,Paul (1992). Bridge and Trestle Handbook. Carstens. ISBN 911868-79-8. 

• Photos and information on the bridge

v • d • e St. Johns River crossings in the Jacksonville, Florida area Upriver from Downtown Shands Bridge (to be replaced or supplemented) | Buckman Bridge | Timuquana Bridge (never built) Downtown Jacksonsonville Fuller Warren Bridge | FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge | Acosta Bridge | Main Street Bridge | Hart Bridge | Mathews Bridge | 20th Street Extension (never built) Downriver from Downtown Dames Point Bridge | Florida State Road 113A (never built) | Mayport Ferry

Crossings of the St. Johns River Upstream Fuller Warren Bridge FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge Florida East Coast Railway Downstream Acosta Bridge