The Fort Denaud Bridge is a historic

swing bridge A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravit ...

located in Fort Denaud, Florida, a small community in Hendry County between Alva and LaBelle. The bridge crosses the

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and is one of three vehicle swing bridges in

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along with the Blackburn Point Bridge in

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and the Boca Grande Causeway. The bridge was built in 1963 to replace a bridge located a short distance upstream that had been condemned and demolished in the early 1960s. The bridge is 434.7 feet long from end to end and has a vertical clearance of 8.9 feet over the river. Ft Denaud Bridge open

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Swing bridges in Florida Bridges completed in 1963 Bridges over the Caloosahatchee River {{Florida-bridge-struct-stub