Concerns About Clearance Pause Projects

Due to concerns from some space launch companies and also from Florida Representative Thad Altman, the State Road 401 drawbridge replacement project, and the widening of State Road 528 widening is now being placed on pause by the Florida Department of Transportation. That now could also delay plans to widen State Road 528 between State Road 3 and Port Canaveral. The reason… some space experts say they are concerned that the fixed-span bridges that would replace the drawbridges won’t be high enough to allow barges carrying rocket parts to pass underneath.