Broadway Bridge (Daytona Beach)

Mosaics of manatees, dolphins and other wildlife native to Florida give the bridge some tourist appeal.

Plans for the original Broadway Bridge were approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on May 4, 1912.

Michael Sholtz (father of future Governor David Sholtz), President of Central of Florida Railway Company, petitioned the Corps for the new bridge which he planned to use for his company's electric streetcar system, that would connect the cities of Daytona, Daytona Beach, and Seabreeze (separate cities at the time, before consolidating in 1926) across the Halifax River.

The State Road Department determined a new four-lane drawbridge was needed to replace the old structure.

[5] The second Broadway Bridge over the Halifax River was officially opened on November 8, 1948, and dedicated in honor of Robert T. Carleton, Road Department member of the Fifth District, and Elmer Blank, Volusia County Commissioner.

Streetcars of the Central Florida Railway Co. in 1913, with the bridge in the background
A view of the Carleton-Blank Bridge from 1954, looking eastward.
Aerial view of second Broadway Bridge in 1999
Broadway Bridge in 2004, looking north.