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On June 5, 1941, the present day alignment of SR 520 opened with a single wider lane in each direction. Two draw bridges, one on each river, and a few relief bridges made up the causeway. The original wooden bridges were torn up shortly afterwards. Today, the name Banana River Bridge refers to the
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At nearly the same time there were proposals for additional bridges in the area. Cocoa Avenue (now
Minuteman Causeway) was proposed to cross to Merritt Island over the Minuteman Causeway. Its route would have taken it along the old Banana River Bridge. The idea was formally denied on February 26,
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are the remaining ends of the
Merritt Island Causeway. The bridge system composed of the Indian River Bridge and the Banana River Bridge lasted another 18 years, when growth caught up with the bridge system.
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for relief. Vice
President spoke to NASA and the U.S. Air Force and they agreed to help fund the widening. On August 16, 1962, the road widening was completed. Less than six years later the
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The City of Cocoa Beach : The First Sixty Years. Glenn Rabac. Apollo Books. 1986 (Majority of facts from here)
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Widening projects continue, and the eastern draw bridge has been removed from the causeway.
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Traffic problems were growing worse in the 1960s, and the county appealed to then
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The present day alignment, from west to east, based upon this description
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List of bridges on the
National Register of Historic Places in Florida
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South Banana River Drive (follow south to the start of the bridge)
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The Hubert H. Humphrey Bridge connects
Merritt Island and Cocoa.
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Milford Point Drive (formerly part of North Banana River Drive)
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On May 1, 1917, the first, wooden, bridge opened between
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was dedicated by Hubert H. Humphrey on March 1, 1968.
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was routed over the eastern causeway from present day
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296:Brevard Property Appraiser Plat Book 16, Page 142
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301:Brevard Property Appraiser Plat Book 21, Page 9
291:Brevard Property Appraiser Plat Book 3, Page 11
314:Cocoa Village important dates in Cocoa History
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16:Bridge in Florida, United States of America
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322:article on references for SR A1A alignment
309:Kennedy Space Center History - Chapter 18
237:The narrow lane draw bridge crossed the
1008:Bridges over the Indian River (Florida)
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123:, mostly in Merritt Island, connects
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1018:Bridges in Brevard County, Florida
959:List of movable bridges in Florida
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268:Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey
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278:1970, by the State of Florida.
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1003:Bridges over the Banana River
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135:. The causeway transits the
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949:List of bridges in Florida
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227:North Banana River Drive
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194:and east to Cocoa Beach
173:Merritt Island, Florida
129:Merritt Island, Florida
121:Merritt Island Causeway
23:Merritt Island Causeway
760:Blackburn Point Bridge
143:Lagoon. In the 1960s,
998:Causeways in Florida
486:Herman C. McCray Jr.
204:east to Cocoa Beach.
133:Cocoa Beach, Florida
1013:Indian River Lagoon
512:Clearwater Memorial
362:Bridges and tunnels
183:began circulating.
64:28.3573°N 80.6758°W
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770:Bonita Beach
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563:Alma Lee Loy
551:East Central
500:West Central
385:Garcon Point
380:Escambia Bay
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239:Banana River
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181:Banana River
177:Indian River
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141:Banana River
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96:June 5, 1941
861:Bahia Honda
835:S.S. Jolley
765:Boca Grande
643:Port Orange
451:Dames Point
441:Main Street
390:John Gorrie
320:Talk:SR A1A
202:Horti Point
200:Cross from
192:Sykes Creek
190:Cross over
163:First route
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42:Coordinates
992:Categories
928:Fort Gates
886:Seven Mile
866:Card Sound
840:Stan Gober
800:Fort Hamer
780:Cape Coral
729:Royal Park
684:Blue Heron
633:Pete Damon
598:Lake Jesup
588:Eau Gallie
285:References
243:Angel City
55:80°40′33″W
52:28°21′26″N
845:Tom Adams
753:Southwest
734:Snow-Reed
719:MacArthur
668:Whitehair
648:Roosevelt
608:Melbourne
578:Bert Dosh
491:L.E. Buie
373:Panhandle
187:One route
876:Long Key
825:Midpoint
744:Venetian
583:Broadway
471:Memorial
410:Trammell
318:See the
109:Location
101:Replaces
933:Mayport
916:Ferries
895:Tunnels
830:Sanibel
663:Wabasso
593:Granada
573:Bennett
507:Bayside
466:Mathews
446:Buckman
415:Victory
395:Mid-Bay
366:Florida
131:, and
88:History
795:Edison
790:Desoto
785:Cortez
714:Lehman
638:Pineda
628:Osteen
431:Acosta
261:SR 528
171:, and
153:SR A1A
149:SR 520
145:SR A1A
93:Opened
80:Locale
942:Lists
805:Green
689:Broad
677:South
568:Astor
522:Gandy
424:North
125:Cocoa
854:Keys
623:NASA
461:Hart
157:SR 3
151:and
119:The
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