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From uglybridges.com:
Name: US 1 (SR 5) over WHALE HARBOR
Structure number: 900076
Location: ISLAMORADA KEY (MM 83.8)
Purpose: Carries two-lane highway over waterway
Route classification: Principal Arterial - Other (Rural)
Length of largest span: 91.9 ft. [28.0 m]
Total length: 644.1 ft. [196.3 m]
Roadway width between curbs: 40.0 ft. [12.2 m]
Deck width edge-to-edge: 42.7 ft. [13.0 m]
Owner: State Highway Agency
Year built: 1951
Year reconstructed: 1978
Historic significance: Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Design load: MS 18 / HS 20
Number of main spans: 7
Main spans material: Prestressed concrete
Main spans design: Stringer/Multi-beam or girder
Deck type: Concrete Cast-in-Place
Wearing surface: Integral Concrete (separate non-modified layer of concrete added to structural deck)
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