MacArthur Causeway
| MacArthur Causeway County Causeway |
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 The entirety of the causeway, connecting Downtown and South Beach |
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| Official name | General Douglas MacArthur Causeway |
| Carries | 6 lanes of   SR 836 / US 41 / SR A1A |
| Crosses | Biscayne Bay |
| Locale | Miami to Miami Beach |
| Maintained by | FDOT |
| Designer | Frederic R. Harris, Inc., American Bridge Company |
| Design | Causeway, beam |
| Material | Slabs, girders, fill |
| Total length | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Longest span | 0.4 miles (0.64 km) |
| Vertical clearance | 68 feet (21 m) |
| Opened | 17 February 1920[1] |
The General Douglas MacArthur Causeway is a six-lane causeway which connects Downtown, Miami, Florida and South Beach, Miami Beach via Biscayne Bay.
The highway is the singular roadway connecting the mainland and beaches to Watson Island and the bay neighborhoods of Palm Island, Hibiscus Island, and Star Island. The MacArthur Causeway carries Florida State Road 836 and Florida State Road A1A over the Biscayne Bay. Interstate 395 ends at Fountain Street, the entrance to Palm Island Park which has a traffic light as well as bus stops.
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History [edit]
In the late 1910s, with the deteriorating wooden Collins Bridge (now, the Venetian Causeway) as the only direct land route between mainland Miami and the barrier islands of Miami Beach, construction on the roadway began in 1917. The roadway, dedicated as the County Causeway, was completed in 1920. Watson Island was reclaimed surrounding the western end of the roadway, completed in 1926.
Having undergone several lane and structural expansions following opening of the original two-lane road, the Florida State Road Board and Dade County Commission voted to rename the causeway in honor of World War II General Douglas MacArthur in 1942.[2] Accessible from mainland Miami via Biscayne Boulevard and intersecting side streets through the 1990s, direct highway access was added to I-395 in 1997.
Gallery [edit]
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Large portion of the causeway. Fisher Island and Port of Miami are in the background. Watson Island is in the foreground.
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MacArthur Causeway eastbound from Miami to Miami Beach (in far background).
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Macarthur Causeway at night as seen from Watson Island
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References [edit]
- ^ Lavender, Abraham (2002). Miami Beach in 1920. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 0-7385-2351-8.
- ^ "Causeway Our Thanks for Bataan". The Miami News. April 6, 1964. p. 1A. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
External links [edit]
- MacArthur Causeway at Structurae, 2006
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Coordinates: 25°46′39.76″N 80°9′51.24″W / 25.7777111°N 80.1642333°W
