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Photo, Print, Drawing John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA Causeway Bridge, NASA Causeway West (State Road 405) over the Indian River, Titusville, Brevard County, FL

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[ Drawings from Survey HAER FL-45  ]

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About this Item

Title

  • John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA Causeway Bridge, NASA Causeway West (State Road 405) over the Indian River, Titusville, Brevard County, FL

Names

  • Historic American Engineering Record, creator
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • U.S. Air Force
  • Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff
  • Houdaille-Duval
  • U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, sponsor
  • Janus Research, contractor
  • Streelman, Amy, program manager
  • Finch, Carter, photographer
  • Jones, Ginny, photographer
  • White, Daniel, photographer
  • Jones, Ginny, historian
  • McPartland, Mary, transmitter
  • Stranieri, Marcella, transmitter

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Headings

  • -  bridges
  • -  bascule bridges
  • -  causeways
  • -  riprap
  • -  transportation
  • -  Florida--Brevard County--Titusville

Latitude / Longitude

  • 28.527468,-80.7655154

Notes

  • -  Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed and constructed the NASA Causeway Bridge in 1964 and NASA has owned the bridge since its construction. The NASA Causeway Bridge is an integral component of the U.S. space mission since it opened in 1964. It has served as the primary corridor and thoroughfare onto Merritt Island, which is the location of KSC. The roadway also supports traffic and freight traveling to the nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) (formerly the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) which is an integral partner in the American space program with NASA KSC. The bridge carries the only route that space or airborne freight utilizes to access launch pads for missions or flight. The NASA Causeway Bridge was used to transport equipment for the Apollo, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station programs. The double-leaf bascule design of the NASA Causeway Bridge was specifically designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide safe transportation of space and airborne equipment which can measure between 40'-60' high. The NASA Causeway Bridge was specifically built in 1964 to adhere to the KSC and CCSFS needs to transport freight to their sites. The NASA Causeway Bridge also has a significant historical association with the KSC, NASA, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Space Force space programs from its construction in 1964 to present-day. It was also integral to the development of Merritt Island and surrounding Brevard County communities.
  • -  Survey number: HAER FL-45
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1963-1964 Initial Construction

Medium

  • Photo(s): 46
  • Measured Drawing(s): 7
  • Data Page(s): 22
  • Photo Caption Page(s): 5

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HAER FL-45

Source Collection

  • Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • fl0939

Rights Advisory

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, U.S. Air Force, Needles Howard, Houdaille-Duval, Sponsor U.S. National Aeronautics And Space Administration, Contractor Janus Research, Amy Streelman, and Ginny Jones, Finch, Carter, Ginny Jones, and Daniel White, photographer. John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA Causeway Bridge, NASA Causeway West State Road 405 over the Indian River, Titusville, Brevard County, FL. Florida Brevard County Titusville, 1968. translateds by Mcpartland, Marymitter, and Stranieri, Marcellamitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/fl0939/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, C., U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, U.S. Air Force, Howard, N., Houdaille-Duval, U.S. National Aeronautics And Space Administration, S. [...] Jones, G., Finch, C., Jones, G. & White, D., photographer. (1968) John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA Causeway Bridge, NASA Causeway West State Road 405 over the Indian River, Titusville, Brevard County, FL. Florida Brevard County Titusville, 1968. McPartland, M. & Stranieri, M., transs Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/fl0939/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, et al., photographers by Finch, Carter, Ginny Jones, and Daniel White. John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA Causeway Bridge, NASA Causeway West State Road 405 over the Indian River, Titusville, Brevard County, FL. trans by Mcpartland, Marymitter, and Stranieri, Marcellamitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/fl0939/>.