page_title: Collins Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Collins Bridge
caption_attribution_description: This image was taken from the Florida Photographic Collection, where it is image N028477. Below is its description: [Opening of Collins Bridge&#160;: Miami, Florida] [picture] Leader: kmKa0c Fixed field data: kgbz Fixed field data: 961119s1913 Local call number: N028477 Title: [Opening of Collins Bridge&#160;: Miami, Florida] [picture] Publication info: 1913. Physical descrip: 1 photonegative&#160;: b&amp;w&#160;; 4 x 5 in. Series Title: (General collection) General Note: Photonegative of a postcard. General Note: The bridge opened officially on June 12, 1913. Geographic term: Collins Bridge (Fla.) Geographic term: Miami (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
context_page_description: The Collins Bridge was a bridge that crossed Biscayne Bay between Miami and Miami Beach, Florida. At the time it was completed, it was the longest wooden bridge in the world. It was built by farmer and developer John S. Collins with financial assistance from automotive parts and racing pioneer Carl G. Fisher. Fisher, an auto parts magnate, loaned Collins $50,000 in 1911 to complete the bridge when Collins' money ran out. Collins, then 75 years old, traded Fisher 200 acres of land on Miami Beach for the loan. The 2.5-mile wooden toll bridge opened on June 12, 1913, providing a critical link to the newly established Miami Beach, formerly accessible only by a ferry service. The middle of the bridge had a steel lattice truss design, while the ends were primarily wooden, as well as the deck being wooden for the entire length.
  The original wooden causeway was replaced in 1925 by a series of arch drawbridges and renamed the Venetian Causeway.
context_section_description: The Collins Bridge was a bridge that crossed Biscayne Bay between Miami and Miami Beach, Florida.  At the time it was completed, it was the longest wooden bridge in the world. It was built by farmer and developer John S. Collins (1837–1928) with financial assistance from automotive parts and racing pioneer Carl G. Fisher. Fisher, an auto parts magnate, loaned Collins $50,000 in 1911 ($1.3 million, adjusted for current inflation) to complete the bridge when Collins' money ran out. Collins, then 75 years old, traded Fisher 200 acres (81 ha) of land on Miami Beach for the loan. The 2.5-mile (4.0 km) wooden toll bridge opened on June 12, 1913, providing a critical link to the newly established Miami Beach, formerly accessible only by a ferry service. The middle of the bridge had a steel lattice truss design, while the ends were primarily wooden, as well as the deck being wooden for the entire length.
  The original wooden causeway was replaced in 1925 by a series of arch drawbridges and renamed the Venetian Causeway.
caption: The opening of Collins Bridge, circa 1913.
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