[EXPIRED] Flagler Memorial Bridge Set To Remain In Open Position For Six Months, AICW Statute Mile 1021
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Since construction began, Flagler Memorial Bridge in West Palm Beach has been in a state of almost constant change, see /?p=127999. The locked-in-open-position may seem to be good news for tall vessels, but the added vehicular traffic on the Royal Park Bridge and Southern Boulevard Bridge, just to the south, and their necessarily restricted openings, may actually slow vessel traffic through West Palm Beach; time will tell.
The Coast Guard Bridge Branch in cooperation with the City of Palm Beach and Florida Department of Transportation has approved the following bridge schedules once the Flagler Memorial Bridge being placed in the open position stating May 10, 2014.
Michael Lieberum
Seventh Coast Guard District
Bridge Branch
Chief of Operations Section
FLORIDA ‘“ ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ‘“ PALM SHORES TO WEST PALM BEACH ‘“ FLAGLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE: Bridge Construction/Waterway Restriction/Temporary Bridge Regulation Changes/Update.
The Florida Department of Transportation has advised that the Flagler Memorial Bridge will be placed in the open to navigation position for a six month period. Mariners are reminded that the horizontal clearance at the Flagler Memorial Bridge is currently set at 70 feet and will remain until the new bridge is built and this bridge is removed. The current schedule for the Flagler Memorial Bridge will remain in effect until it is placed in an open to navigation position. The Flagler Memorial Bridge will open once an hour on the quarter-hour except that from 8:16 a.m. to 9:14 a.m. and from 4:16 p.m. to 5:14 p.m. the bridge will be allowed to remain closed to navigation with no exemptions except for emergencies.
With the Flagler Memorial Bridge left in the open to navigation position from May 12, 2014 until October 31, 2014, all vehicle traffic will be detoured to the bridges south of this structure.
For this reason, the Royal Park Bridge will be on an hourly schedule at the quarter-hour (open once an hour on the quarter past the hour) from 6:16 a.m. until 8:14 p.m. Monday through Friday, except that from 7:16 a.m. to 9:14 a.m. and from 4:16 p.m. to 6:14 p.m. this bridge will be allowed to remain closed to navigation. At all other time including Federal Holidays this bridge will open on the quarter-hour and three-quarter hour.
The Southern Boulevard Bridge will remain on the twice an hour schedule (top of the hour and bottom of the hour), except that from 7:31 a.m. to 9:29 a.m. and from 4:01 p.m. to 5:59 p.m. this bridge will be allowed to remain closed to navigation.
PCL Construction will be working on the new Flagler Memorial Bridge and will have floating equipment in the vicinity of the Flagler Memorial Bridge. Any and all channel restrictions/closures in support of this new structure will be published in future Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners. This bridge construction is anticipated to be completed by September 1, 2016. Ref: LNM 45-12 through 15-14 Chart: 11472
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