Crosses Biscayne Bay Maintained by FDOT Opened 17 February 1920 Location Miami Material Concrete slab | Locale Miami to Miami Beach Design Causeway, beam Total length 5,633 m Bridge type Beam bridge Body of water Biscayne Bay | |
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Carries 6 lanes of
SR 836 / US 41 / SR A1A Official name General Douglas MacArthur Causeway Similar South Beach, Venetian Causeway, Miami Children's Museum, Rickenbacker Causeway, Dodge Island | ||
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The General Douglas MacArthur Causeway is a six-lane causeway which connects Downtown, Miami, Florida and South Beach, Miami Beach via Biscayne Bay.
Contents
- Miami beach florida drive across the macarthur causeway state road 836 hd 2015
- Map of MacArthur Causeway Florida USA
- Miami florida macarthur causeway bridge
- History
- References
Map of MacArthur Causeway, Florida, USA
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 State Road 836 and 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.
Miami florida macarthur causeway bridge
History
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 State Road Board and Dade County Commission voted to rename the causeway in honor of World War II General Douglas MacArthur in 1942. The causeway was accessible from mainland Miami via Biscayne Boulevard and intersecting side streets through the 1990s, when replacement of the western- and easternmost spans and construction of direct highway access to I-395 began. The eastbound lanes of the bridges were completed in 1995, and westbound lanes finished in 1997.