- City:
- Apalachicola, Eastpoint, FL
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1936
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Florida’s old John Gorrie Memorial Bridge—which carried what is now U.S. 98 over the East Bay between Apalachicola and Eastpoint—was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $1,075,000 loan and $350,929 grant for the project, whose total cost was $1,423,805. It was constructed a toll bridge. Construction occurred between April 1934 and August 1936*. The bridge has since been replaced.
* Some sources (Wikipedia) suggest that the bridge was completed and opened sooner, though it’s possible they refer to other bridges that were constructed in the area at that time.
PWA Docket No. FL 843
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 90. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorrie_Memorial_Bridge https://bridgehunter.com/fl/franklin/john-gorrie-memorial/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 19, 2015.
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