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===Indian River Causeways===
===Indian River Causeways===
Eighteen earthen berm causeway bridges cross the Indian River.
There are eighteen earthen berm causeway bridges across the Indian River.
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====Brevard County IRL Bridges====
====Brevard County IRL Bridges====
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* [[Railroad Bridge]]
* [[Railroad Bridge]]
* [[Max Brewer Memorial Parkway SR406]]
* [[Max Brewer Memorial Parkway SR406]]
* [[Nasa Causeway SR405]]
* [[Nasa Causeway SR405]]
* [[Beachline Causeway Causeway SR528]]
* [[Beachline Causeway SR528]]
* [[Hubert Humphrey Bridge SR520]]
* [[Hubert Humphrey Bridge SR520]]
* [[Pineda Causeway SR404]]
* [[Pineda Causeway SR404]]
* [[Eau Gallie Causeway SR518]]
* [[Eau Gallie Causeway SR518]]
* [[Melbourne Causeway US192]]
* [[Melbourne Causeway US192]]
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====Indian River County IRL Bridges====
====Indian River County IRL Bridges====
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* [[Wabasso Causeway SR510]]
* [[Wabasso Causeway SR510]]
* [[Merrill Barber Bridge]]
* [[Merrill Barber Bridge]]
* [[17th Street Bridge SR656]]
* [[17th Street Bridge SR656]]
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====Saint Lucie County IRL Bridges====
====Saint Lucie County IRL Bridges====
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* [[North Causeway USA1A]]
* [[North Causeway USA1A]]
* [[Seaway Drive Causeway USA1A]]
* [[Seaway Drive Causeway USA1A]]
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====Martin County IRL Bridges====
====Martin County IRL Bridges====
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* [[Wacha Bridge]]
* [[Wacha Bridge]]
* [[Ocean Blvd Causeway]]
* [[Ocean Blvd Causeway]]
* [[SE Ocean Blvd Causeway]]
* [[SE Ocean Blvd Causeway]]
* [[SE Bridge Rd. Causeway CR707]]
* [[SE Bridge Rd. Causeway CR707]]
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====Palm Beach County IRL Bridges====
====Palm Beach County IRL Bridges====
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* [[South Beach Road Causeway CR707]]
* [[South Beach Road Causeway CR707]]
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===History===
===History===

Revision as of 11:32, October 8, 2019

Indian River Lagoon (IRL)

The Indian River is a 121 mile long brackish lagoon spanning 5 counties on Florida's East Coast. The Indian River is the largest of 3 water bodies in the Indian River Lagoon Estuary system and is a part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

Location

The northern terminus of the Indian River is in Volusia County's Oak Hill, it merges with the Banana River at Dragon's Point on the southern tip of Merritt Island, and then extends southward to meet Palm Beach County's Loxahatchee River with it's southern terminus at Jupiter Inlet.

Indian River Tributarys

Water bodies connected to the Indian River. Listed from north to south.

Brevard County IRL Tributarys

Indian River County IRL Tributarys

Saint Lucie County IRL Tributarys

Martin County IRL Tributarys

Palm Beach County IRL Tributarys

Indian River Causeways

There are eighteen earthen berm causeway bridges across the Indian River.

History

Spanish explorers originally named the lagoon Rio de Ais after the Ais Indian tribe who lived along the river.

Summer Smell

During the hot summer months the earthen berm causeways tend to impede the flow of [[algae) and rotting seagrass which results in an odor of hydrogen sulfide in some areas along the river.


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