The Bert Dosh Memorial Bridge, also known as the Delks Bluff Bridge, carries State Road 40 over the

Ocklawaha River The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 21, 2011 Ocklawaha River flows north from central Florida until it joins the St. Johns River near Palatka. Its name is deriv ...

in north-central

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, east of Silver Springs. Originally planned as part of the

Cross Florida Barge Canal The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway is a protected green belt corridor, more than wide in places, that was the former route of the proposed Cross Florida Barge Canal. It is named for the leader of the opposition to the Cross Flo ...

project, the bridge was under construction at the time of the decision by President

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to halt work on the canal project, and it was decided to complete the high-level bridge, which opened in 1972. The bridge was renamed in 1976 for R.N. "Bert" Dosh, an Ocala Evening Star newspaper editor who championed the construction of the canal.

References

"Canal Authority asks okay for SR 40 Bridge"
''

Ocala Star-Banner The ''Ocala StarBanner'' is the daily newspaper in Ocala, Florida, United States, and serves Marion County and the surrounding communities. The ''Ocala StarBanner'' has a daily circulation of about 43,000, and is the 19th-largest newspaper in t ...

'', 24 January 1967
"It crosses the Ocklawaha, name it Ocklawaha Bridge"
''Ocala Star-Banner'', 7 May 1972
"SR 40 bridge dedicated to Bert Dosh in ceremony"
''Ocala Star-Banner'', 29 August 1976
FDOT Florida Bridge Data 01-05-2010
Road bridges in Florida Bridges completed in 1972 Transportation buildings and structures in Marion County, Florida 1972 establishments in Florida {{Florida-bridge-struct-stub