BRICKELL KEY BRIDGE

The Brickell Key Bridge, originally built by Oklahoma developer J. A. Frates in 1975, was officially christened the Brickell Key Bridge by Miami Mayor Joe Carollo in 1997. A big band, led by the late Billy Rolle, played in honor of the christening, which also inaugurated the decorative lighting on the bridge, later supplemented by additional maritime fixtures and landscaping.

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THE CENTINELA DEL RIO

The Centinela del Rio, by sculptor Manuel Carbonell, is a 30 foot bronze statue of a Tequesta Indian blowing a conch shell. Both as a sculptural beacon and a major work of public art, Carbonell's Centinela has come to be recognized as a Miami River landmark, indeed voted "Miami's Best Landmark" by NEW TIMES in 2001.

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BAYWALK

WATERFRONT
PROMENADE

Here is situated Brickell Key's public park, first dedicated to the City of Miami in 2001, and designed as a waterfront promenade. When completed, the Brickell Key Bay Walk will encircle the entire island and more than three acres of the Bay Walk on the west side of the island will actually be given to the City of Miami as public parkland. Brickell Key's Bay Walk links to the mainland by the landscaped Brickell Key Bridge and becomes part of a downtown network of riverwalks and baywalks now under development along the Miami River and Biscayne Bay. An existing portion of the Miami baywalk alongside Brickell Key's opposite shore features a monumental sculpture by Raimondi.

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