Hathaway Bridge

Hathaway Bridge
Hathaway Bridge
Coordinates	30°11′13″N 85°44′31″W / 30.187°N 85.742°W
Carries	US 98
Locale	Panama City to Panama City Beach, Bay County, Florida
Characteristics
Total length	.6 miles (0.97 km)
History
Opened	2003
Location

The Hathaway Bridge along U.S. Route 98 (US 98) connects Panama City with Panama City Beach, Florida.^[1]

History

Constructed in 2003, it replaced two previous bridges that were unable to carry the increasingly high number of users.^[2] The original St. Andrews Bay Bridge was built in 1929 and renamed for Franz Hathaway, chairman of Florida's State Road Department.^[2] The second Hathaway bridge replaced Hathaway I was completed in 1959.^[2] In 1997, the state of Florida issued more than $80 million for construction of the new Hathaway Bridge.^[2] Portions of both Hathaway I and II are still submerged to the south of the present day Hathaway bridge.^[3]

References

^ Leiphart, Heather. "Hathaway Bridge hits the decade mark". The News Herald. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Hathaway Bridge Replace Project". Retrieved December 21, 2013.
^ "Navionics ChartViewer St Andrews Bay". Retrieved October 27, 2022.

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[Hathaway_News_Herald-1] Leiphart, Heather. "Hathaway Bridge hits the decade mark". The News Herald. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

[Hathaway_Replacement-2] "The Hathaway Bridge Replace Project". Retrieved December 21, 2013.

[Navionics_Chart-3] "Navionics ChartViewer St Andrews Bay". Retrieved October 27, 2022.

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v t e Bridges and tunnels in Florida
Panhandle	Escambia Bay Garcon Point John Gorrie Mid-Bay Pensacola Bay St. George Island Trammell Victory
North	Acosta Bridge of Lions Main Street Buckman Dames Point Fuller Warren Hart Mathews Memorial Strauss Trunnion Little Lake Harris Herman C. McCray Jr. L.E. Buie
West Central	Bayside Clearwater Memorial Courtney Campbell Gandy Howard Frankland Pinellas Bayway Sunshine Skyway Treasure Island
East Central	A. Max Brewer Alma Lee Loy Astor Bennett Bert Dosh Broadway Eau Gallie Granada Lake Jesup Lake Underhill Melbourne Merrill P. Barber Merritt Island NASA Osteen Pete Damon Pineda Port Orange Roosevelt Sebastian Inlet Torry Island Wabasso Whitehair
South	Blue Heron Broad Coral Springs^† Flagler Memorial Julia Tuttle John F. Kennedy Lehman MacArthur Rickenbacker Royal Park Snow-Reed^‡ Thomas B. Manuel Venetian
Southwest	Blackburn Point Bridge^‡ Boca Grande^‡ Bonita Beach Caloosahatchee Cape Coral Cortez Desoto Edison Fort Hamer Green John Ringling Longboat Pass Matanzas Pass Midpoint Sanibel S.S. Jolley Stan Gober Tom Adams
Keys	Bahia Honda Card Sound Jewfish Creek Long Key Overseas Highway Seven Mile
Tunnels	Henry E. Kinney Port of Miami
Ferries	Drayton Island Fort Gates Mayport
Lists	List of bridges in Florida List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida List of movable bridges in Florida
^† – Covered bridge ^‡ – Swing bridge

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