Long Key Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Current structure with the original viaduct running parallel | |
| Coordinates | 24°47′49″N 80°52′05″W / 24.797°N 80.868°W |
| Carries |  US 1 (Overseas Highway) |
| Crosses | Long Key Channel |
| Locale | Layton, Florida |
| Official name | Dante B. Fascell Bridge |
| Maintained by | Florida Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 900092 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | precast segmented box girder bridge |
| Total length | 2.3 miles |
| Clearance above | 25 feet |
| History | |
| Opened | 1982 |
| Location | |
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The Long Key Bridge, officially known as the Dante B. Fascell Bridge, is a bridge in the Florida Keys connecting Long Key and Conch Key, roughly halfway between Miami and Key West. At a length of nearly two and a half miles, it is the second longest bridge on the Overseas Highway after the Seven Mile Bridge.[1][2] The current bridge opened in 1982, replacing the parallel Long Key Viaduct, which carried the Overseas Railroad from 1907 to 1935 and was repurposed for highway use shortly after.
- ^ Farren, Rick (1999). Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Florida Keys & Everglades. John F. Blair. ISBN 9780895872807. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "SR-5 US-1 over LONG KEY CHANNEL". Ugly Bridges. Retrieved 10 September 2015.