Palm Beach County, Florida Bridges: Camino Real Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway (1)

December 2012 (26.3395 Degrees, -80.0772 Degrees) Camino Real Bridge

I recently returned from visiting my mom in Florida and so I thought we could take a break from Sierra Nevada Mountain bridges to look at a few bridges that cross the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. This channel is made up of natural inlets and human-made canals that provide a protected passage along the southeast US coastline.

The Camino Real Bridge (also called the Boca Club Bridge) is a double-leaf rolling lift type of bascule bridge. This movable bridge was developed by William Scherzer in the 1890s and is still popular. The two leafs roll away from each other as they lift up, reducing the time required to open and close. We'll take a closer look at this bridge tomorrow.

Palm Beach County, Florida Bridges: Camino Real Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway (1) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.