The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-04
GOOD PROGRESS
ON BRIDGE WORK

exception OF the top wearing
course.
Long Key Bridge, about 10000
feet long, presents marvellous
spectacle, and will afford riders
over this section a magnificent
view of the Atlantic Ocean on one
side and Florida Bay on the other.
It is estimated that this project
is about so per cent complete and
may be driven over by November
i15. The 1900 feet of road be-
tween Long Key Bridge and the
State Road on Grassy Key, will
be available by November II, and
be adaptable for general use by
December /.
Although this section will not
be complete at that time. it is es-
timated that careful drivers may,
in their cars, be able to traverse
its entire length by going not
more than three miles per hour.
The two bridges known as
Toms Harbor Bridge No. 3 and
Toms Harbor Bridge No. A, are
complete except the finished wear
ing service, and are now available
for through traffic.
These two bridges divide the
above mentioned $4,000 feet of
road between Long Key Bridge
and the north end of the State
! Road, into three parts, From this
iteean heareadily seen that the
first ferry, between Lower Mate
eumbe and Hog Key may be
abandoned. by December 1, pro-
vided the slip at Hog Key is made
ready for traffic by that time,
! for passage between that Key and
| No Name Key.
The State Road on Grassy Key
for about IA miles is in good con-
dition. The 1900 feet over the
State Highway between the south
end of the state road and Knights
Key Bridge, is completed with the
! exception of placing the wearing
course. At the present travel
over this stretch can be main
| tanned at speed of so miles per
hour.
| knights Key Bridge for a dis
lance of $500 feet is practically
complete with the exception of
the wear course.
Pigeon Key Bridge, $685. feet
long, will, it is expected, be COM
pleted about November 10. Work
is under way for removing ties on
the 1850 feet of Moser Channel
Bridge, and it is estimated that
this will be completed by about
February.
/ The road between the north
end of Bahia Honda Bridge and
/ the south end of Facet Channel
/ Bridge, about 21s miles, is rough
| graded. The contractor viii start
work on the widening of this road
about November /.
Bahia Honda Bridge, about
J 100 feet long has all steel grid
ers in place and work will COM
/ mence shortly placing the con-
crete pavement and guard rail.
Ohio Missouri Bridge is in prac-
ticalIy the same status. Missouri
Little Duck Bridge win have all
of the guard rails erected and
Ieoncrete placed by November 8.
Facet Channel Bridge, which is
a part of Contract F, approx
mately 5000 feet long has about
1900 feet of concrete poured.
The contractor has been pouring
at the rate Of 215 feet daily, and
on October 8 viii commence pour
ing at the rate of 25s feet each
day., unless weather conditions
interfere Work. Is carried on
Isegen days each week.
Concrete, forms which are used
are easily placed and can be re-
IRoved with rapidity. !, Side forms
are Of steel and bottom forms are
Of wooden construction.
| Moser Channel Bridge, which
viii be of steel girder construe-
ton, will be started soon. Prac.
tieally all of the wooden ties
have been removed and placing OF
steel girders is expected 10 begin
October II. Pigeon Key Channel
Bridge, which will also be of steel
girder construction, is expected 20
be ready for more pouring within
q brief time. All wooden ties
have been removed and all new
steel girders are expected to be
in place sometime early this
month.
approximately 600 feet of the
concrete pavement on this bridge
has been poured and approximate
/ IL 500 feet Of forms have been
placed ready for pouring the con
crete