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The Hernando Desoto Bridge is a bridge carrying U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and US 301 over the Manatee River between Palmetto and Bradenton, Florida. The Desoto Bridge is 40 feet (12 m) tall and carries four lanes. It is one of two bridges connecting Bradenton and Palmetto. [2]
The Cortez Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that connects the barrier islands of Bradenton Beach, and the mainland of Cortez, Florida. It crosses the Sarasota Bay, carries Cortez Road, part of SR 684, and was built in 1956, replacing a swing bridge built in 1921. [1] The current bridge was designated by the 1965 Legislature of Florida.
The Longboat Pass Bridge (also known as Longboat Key Bridge) is a single-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Longboat Pass, connecting Longboat Key and Bradenton Beach, Florida. The bridge carries State Road 789 , which is known as Gulf Drive on Anna Maria Island, and Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Key.
The U.S. state of Florida, due to being a peninsula and its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, has many bridges of varying lengths. The longest bridge in the state is the Seven Mile Bridge located in the Florida Keys. This list includes overwater automobile bridges 2,640 feet (800 m) or longer.
Cortez Bridge, SR 684 over Sarasota Bay (GIWW), Bradenton Beach; Longboat Pass Bridge, SR 789 over Longboat Pass, Longboat Key; New Pass Bridge, SR 789 over New Pass, Sarasota; Siesta Key Bridge, SR 758 over Roberts Bay (GIWW), Sarasota; Stickney Point Bridge, SR 72 over Little Sarasota Bay (GIWW), Siesta Key
The Green Bridge is a bridge carrying U.S. Highway 41 Business (US 41 Bus.) over the Manatee River between Palmetto and Bradenton, Florida. Built in 1986, the current Green Bridge is 40 feet (12 m) tall and carries four lanes.
This extension took US 301 south to Palmetto along SR 43/former US 41, south on SR 45/US 41 over the Manatee River into Bradenton, Florida (replaced 1957 by a new bridge to the east on SR 55), and south on SR 683 to end at SR 45/US 41 in Sarasota. [citation needed] In 1960, US 301 was extended to its greatest extent, Sarasota to Farnhurst.
There are more than 600,000 bridges in the U.S. ... St. Petersburg to Bradenton; ... Heart of America Bridge, Kansas City; I-435 Bridge, ...