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| <p class="irlsubtitle">Bridges and Causeways crossing the Indian River lagoon.</p>
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| [[File:Wabasso_Bridge_Old.jpg|360px|frameless|right|Old Wabasso Bridge - Indian River County]]
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| Until 1920, there were only two bridges spanning across the Indian River, one in Brevard County's Cocoa and the second in Martin County's Hobe Sound.
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| On Labor Day in 1920, a new wooden Vero Bridge opened and access to the ocean was available to all who lived on the Vero mainland.
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| For boat traffic, a bridge tender, who lived in a house near the middle of the crossing, would open the metal swing span by hand. Tolls were charged to cross the bridge, ranging from 5 cents for pedestrians, 10 cents for horses and 35 cents for delivery trucks.<ref name=tcpalm />
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| In 1925, construction began on the first wooden bridge across the Indian River Lagoon in Eau Gallie. On February 22, 1926, the bridge opened to vehicle traffic headed to a sand trail at Canova Beach. There was no railing on the bridge for a year after its construction. There are no records that anyone fell off the bridge during this time.<ref name=wiki />
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| [[File:Max_Brewer_Bridge_001.jpg|360px|frameless|right|Max Brewer Bridge, Titusville, Brevard]]
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| Post War 1940's the U.S. government funded construction of new bridges across the Indian River.
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| As Florida's population grew, more traffic headed to the barrier islands, and modern bridges created from steel and concrete were constructed. These early concrete and steel bridges used earthen berms to partially span the river, with a lift or swing drawbridge in the middle to allow tall boats to pass.
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| A boat unable to pass under the bridge would signal the tender, who was in a shack hanging off the bridge's side, to open the drawbridge so they could pass through. In less populated areas, the drawbridges were unattended at night, and boats would anchor to await the bridge tender's return the next morning.
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| ==Bridge Info Table==
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| <div class="irltabletitle" style="text-align:left">Indian River Bridges</div>
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| |where=Water LIKE 'North Indian River' OR Water LIKE 'Central Indian River' OR Water LIKE 'South Indian River'
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| ==Web Links==
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| * [https://infobridge.fhwa.dot.gov/ FHWA - InfoBridge Data Explorer]
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| * [https://www.fdot.gov/maintenance/bridgeinfo.shtm Florida DOT Bridge Maintenance]
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| ==Documents==
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| * [https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/maintenance/str/bi/annual_rpt_20.pdf Florida Bridge Inventory 2020 (PDF 68pp 10.5MB)]
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| ==References==
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| <ref name=tcpalm>[https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2019/04/18/3-bridges-spanning-indian-river-mainland-orchid-island-have-quite-stories-tell/3495957002/ Vero Beach Centennial: Barber, Alma Lee Loy, Wabasso bridges built as county population grew]</ref>
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| <ref name=wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eau_Gallie_Causeway Eau Gallie Causeway]</ref>
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