The Port Orange Causeway, commonly called the ''Port Orange Bridge'' or the ''Dunlawton Bridge'', spans the

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and

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Port Orange Port Orange is a city in Volusia County, Florida. The city's population was estimated at 64,842 in 2019 by the U.S. Census Bureau. The city is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area; the metropolitan area's populati ...

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. The bridge carries approximately 29,000 vehicles per day across four lanes of

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and Dunlawton Avenue.

History

First bridge

The first bridge at this location was built by the ''Port Orange Bridge Company'' (owned by S. H. Gove) in 1906, made of sable palm pilings and pine bridge timbers. In 1918, Gove offered to sell the bridge to Volusia County. The bridge was severely damaged by a hurricane in 1932, and was torn down. Port Orange was without a bridge for many years after the disaster.

Second bridge

A bascule bridge was finally built here as a replacement in 1951. The two-lane drawbridge was paid for with tolls. The bridge connected the two ends of Dunlawton Avenue, from the mainland to the beach peninsula.

Third bridge

In May 1987, the U.S. federal government agreed to provide $8.16 million of the estimated $12 million cost of building a

Port Orange, Florida Port Orange is a city in Volusia County, Florida. The city's population was estimated at 64,842 in 2019 by the U.S. Census Bureau. The city is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area; the metropolitan area's populati ...

bridge planned to be similar to the Granada Bridge. After the drawbridge had aged and was expensive to maintain, it was replaced in 1990 by a new four-lane high bridge, which carries

over the river. The Florida State Legislature designated the new bridge as the ''Congressman William V. Chappel Jr. Memorial Bridge''.

References

Gallery

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External links

History of Port Orange

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