Bexley Bridge
 

Ran across this information on the Bexley Bridge:

https://www.sumtercountyfl.gov/Agend...2?fileID=43652


"This project replaces the existing single-lane bridge south of Warm Springs Avenue that crosses Florida’s Turnpike. The bridge will be located adjacent to but south of the existing single-lane bridge.

The project construction includes the full limits of the Florida Turnpike’s right-of-way as well as the limited access areas beyond their right-of-way. The project incorporates the future widening plans of Florida’s Turnpike to eight lanes.

The project includes a bridge that accommodates four-vehicle-lanes of traffic as well as a multi-modal path on the north side of the bridge allowing two-way golf cart traffic movement.

The project also includes technology as part of the state’s intelligent transportation system About ITSFM

The project also includes a fence enclosure to prevent persons or objects from impacting the travel lanes of Florida’s Turnpike"

If they can do this, why couldn't they have put a pedestrian path next to the golf cart roadway on the other Turnpike bridge? That design is so dumb.

I THINK it’s the Florida DOT that doesn’t allow it. I think it has to do with safety.

Didn’t Goldwingnut talk about this in one of his videos??

BUDGET IMPACT: $14,721,457.57 (Payable in 15 years at 0% interest)

I wonder if there'll be a toll. :>)

Widening the turnpike may provide a sound barrier wall.

"... the future widening plans of Florida’s Turnpike to eight lanes...." OMG (not unexpected, just didn't want to see it in print right now.)

Maybe TV's motto should be "The friendliest & noisiest ...."

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It’s been recommended to cut state gas taxes by 1 billion….that should delay it for awhile.

3,000+ homes at an average of $350K each is over Billion incremtal dollars added to the real estate tax base each year...

Or each new house spends an additional $4,500 in sales tax over that 15 years. Seems like a bargain for the state.

Not to mention the jobs for the people building those 3000 homes, working on the 3000 new golf carts or all the people prepping and serving meals in restaurants for those 3000.

....and funeral directors burying them later. :pray:

When was the last time you went to a funeral, in TV. Bet it was very few. Torch, scatter, or pot, seems to be the norm.

Is this referring to rye 470? I don’t see anything else south of Warm Springs that crosses the turnpike

It's a bridge that was not used by the public, but by the owners of the land.