Fort Denaud Bridge Explained

Fort Denaud Bridge
Native Name Lang:en
Coordinates:26.7446°N -81.5105°W
Crosses:Caloosahatchee River
Locale:Fort Denaud, Florida
Owner:Hendry County
Maint:Hendry County
Id:070013
Design:Swing bridge
Material:Steel
Material1:Steel
Material2:Concrete
Length:434.70NaN0
Clearance Below:8.90NaN0
Lanes:2
Open:1963
Toll:None

The Fort Denaud Bridge is a historic swing bridge located in Fort Denaud, Florida, a small community in Hendry County between Alva and LaBelle. The bridge crosses the Caloosahatchee River and is one of three vehicle swing bridges in Southwest Florida along with the Blackburn Point Bridge in Osprey and the Boca Grande Causeway.

The bridge was built in 1963 to replace a bridge located a short distance upstream that had been condemned and demolished in the early 1960s.[1]

The bridge is 434.7 feet long from end to end and has a vertical clearance of 8.9 feet over the river.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of the Fort Denaud Bridge . Hendry County, Florida . 12 April 2019.
  2. Web site: FORT DENAUD BR WAY over CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER . National Bridge Inventory data . 12 April 2019.