Bridge of Lions

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The Bridge of Lions is a historic bascule bridge in St. Augustine, Florida, famed for its Mediterranean Revival design and iconic marble lion statues guarding its entrance.

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Bridge of Lions canonical 3
Львиный мост 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bascule bridge
historic place
movable bridge
road bridge
architecturalStyle Mediterranean Revival
carries Anastasia Boulevard
U.S. Route 1 Business
connects Anastasia Island
downtown St. Augustine
constructionStart 1925
country United States
county St. Johns County NERFINISHED
crosses Matanzas River
designer J. E. Greiner Company
hasBicycleAccess yes
hasFeature double-leaf bascule span
marble lion statues
open-spandrel arches
ornamental lampposts
hasPedestrianWalkways yes
hasToll no
heritageStatus listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
lionStatuesModeledAfter Medici lions in Florence, Italy
linked to: Medici lions
location St. Augustine, Florida
maintainedBy Florida Department of Transportation
material concrete
steel
namedAfter lion statues at its approaches
NRHPCountry United States
NRHPListing Bridge of Lions
NRHPSignificance architecture
engineering
NRHPState Florida
NRHPType structure
opened 1927
owner City of St. Augustine
partOf St. Augustine Historic District transportation infrastructure
recognizedAs iconic landmark of St. Augustine
rehabilitationCompletion 2010
rehabilitationStart 2006
reopenedToTraffic 2010
spanType bascule main span with approach spans
state Florida
temporaryBridgeInUse 2006–2010
trafficType bicycles
motor vehicles
pedestrians

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Augustine, Florida hasBridge Bridge of Lions
Monza hasLandmark Bridge of Lions
Lion Bridge alsoKnownAs Львиный мост
linked to: Bridge of Lions
Bridge of Lions NRHPListing Bridge of Lions