Billy's Creek Bridge
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The Billy's Creek Bridge is a historic vertical-lift bridge located just east of downtown
Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in southwestern Florida and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 92,245 in 20 ...
. It carries westbound traffic of State Road 80 (known as Palm Beach Boulevard on the west side and First Street on the east side) across
Billy's Creek Billy's Creek is a creek in Fort Myers, Florida. It is a tributary of the Caloosahatchee River and contains mangrove vegetation. The creek was named after the Seminole chief Billy Bowlegs who was forced to surrender there by United States ...
. It carried State Road 80 in both directions before eastbound traffic was rerouted onto the adjacent Second and Seaboard Streets. The bridge was built in 1941. As a vertical lift bridge, it has four short towers that house the lift mechanisms, which is a unique design for lift bridges. The bridge has the distinction of being both the smallest vertical lift bridge in Florida and the only hydraulically-powered vertical lift bridge in Florida. The lift has not been operational since 1987. The bridge was rehabilitated in 2013.


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Buildings and structures in Fort Myers, Florida Bridges in Lee County, Florida Road bridges in Florida Bridges completed in 1941 Vertical lift bridges in the United States Towers in Florida 1941 establishments in Florida {{Florida-bridge-struct-stub