Friday, February 27, 2009

When the sun goes down over St. Augustine Municipal Marina...

... the noise of the construction work from the Bridge of Lions slowly dies off. But honestly – we don't care about traffic sounds or cranes moving giant pieces of metal three feet from our boat, we finally made it into Florida and we! really! enjoy! the warm weather! Being so close to a major building site is a little bizarre but also pretty interesting. I even found a website that shows the progress of the bridge work with photos from different angles: www.fdotbridgeoflions.com/progress.html 
The site also gives information on the operating hours of the temporary bridge. From 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. it opens every half hour, except it does not open at 8:00 a.m., noon, or 5:00 p.m. After 6:00 p.m., the Bridge of Lions temporary bridge opens on demand until 7:00 a.m. So while you're waiting to get through, just enjoy the picturesque view of the city and the Castillo de San Marcos and try not to run aground!

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