Fort Hamer Bridge | |
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 The Fort Hamer Bridge in 2018. | |
| Coordinates | 27°31′15″N 82°25′42″W / 27.52083°N 82.42833°W |
| Carries | 2 lanes of Fort Hamer Road, pedestrians, and bicycles |
| Crosses | Manatee River |
| Locale | Parrish, Florida |
| Official name | Fort Hamer Bridge |
| Named for | Fort Hamer |
| Owner | Manatee County |
| Maintained by | Manatee County |
| ID number | 134123 |
| Website | forthamerbridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Box girder |
| Material | Steel, concrete |
| Total length | 2,318 ft (707 m) |
| Height | 32 ft (10 m) |
| Longest span | 144 ft (44 m)[1] |
| No. of spans | 18 |
| No. of lanes | 2 |
| History | |
| Engineering design by | AECOM (initially URS before acquisition) |
| Constructed by | Johnson Brothers Corporation |
| Construction start | March 19, 2015[2] |
| Construction end | August 2017 |
| Construction cost | $23.5 million[3] |
| Opened | October 18, 2017 |
| Inaugurated | October 18, 2017 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 15,900 (2017)[4] |
| Toll | None |
| Location | |
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Fort Hamer Bridge is a bridge that spans the Manatee River between Lakewood Ranch and Parrish. It was built in 2015 and completed in 2017 by Johnson Brothers Corporation and was designed by AECOM (initially as URS before acquisition).[2] The name of the bridge comes from the former fort of the same name that resided nearby the bridge during the Seminole Wars.
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- ^ "Florida Bridge Information – 2018 4th Quarter" (PDF). Florida Department of Transportation. October 1, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2019.