Bridge of Lions
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The Bridge of Lions is a double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. A part of State Road A1A, it connects downtown St. Augustine to Anast
View of the bridge from Castillo de San Marcos in 2024
The original bridge to Anastasia Island, prior to the Bridge of Lions
The bridge's bascule draw span open for a ship
A Medici lion on the bridge, prior to renovation and relocation.
Anastasia Island
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Anastasia Island is a barrier island located off the northeast Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States. It sits east of St. Augustine, running north–south in a slightly southeastern direction t
Bridge of Lions
…bridge that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. A part of State Road A1A, it connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay. A pair of copies of the marble Medici lions guard the bridge, begun in 1925 and completed in 1927. They were removed in February…
View of Anastasia Island from St. Augustine Lighthouse.
Original Anastasia Island lighthouse, now destroyed. Lower parts of the coquina tower dated to the First Spanish Period.