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Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge
	The second bridge
Coordinates	29°12′40″N 81°00′39″W / 29.21111°N 81.01083°W
Carries	CR 4050; Orange Avenue; Silver Beach Avenue
Crosses	Halifax River; Intracoastal Waterway
Locale	Daytona Beach, Florida
Official name	Tom Staed Veterans Memorial Bridge
Maintained by	Florida Department of Transportation
History
Construction end	2020
Statistics
Toll	Free
Location

The Veterans Memorial Bridge, commonly called the Orange Avenue Bridge, spans the Halifax River and Intracoastal Waterway in Daytona Beach, Florida, Volusia County, Florida. The bridge carries vehicles across two lanes of CR 4050 from Orange Avenue and Silver Beach Avenue.

History

First bridge

The first bridge at this location was built in 1899, connecting the then separate towns of Daytona and Daytona Beach.

Second bridge

In 2016, a project aimed at replacing the old Orange Avenue Bridge commenced. The project lasted for 32 months and the new, high rise, concrete arch bridge came into existence^[2].

Memorial plaques

The bridge has 28 scenic overlooks, each with plaques commemorating conflicts in the military history of the United States. Each plaque includes a description of conflicts and their outcomes; the number of military personnel killed, wounded, or missing in action; a QR code linked to additional data; and a Braille plate with information.


Plaque sequence	Event memorialized	Years
1st	American Revolutionary War	1775–1883
2nd	Northwest Indian War	1785–1793
	Quasi-War	1778–1800
	First Barbary War	1801–1805
3rd	The War of 1812	1812–1815
4th	Tecumseh's War	1811
	Creek War	1813–1814
	Second Barbary War	1815
5th	American Indian Wars	1817–1898
6th	Mexican–American War	1846–1848
7th	Second Opium War	1856–1860
	Utah War	1857–1858
	First & Second Cortina Wars	1859–1861
8th	Civil War	1861–1865
9th	Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii	1893
9th	Second Samoan Civil War	1898–1899
10th	Spanish–American War	1898–1902
11th	Philippine–American War	1899–1902
	Boxer Rebellion	1899–1901
	Border War	1910–1919
12th	World War I	1917–1918
13th	World War II	1941–1946
14th	World War II— European Theater
15th	World War II— European Theater
16th	World War II— Pacific Theater
17th	Korean War	1950–1953
18th	Vietnam War	1964–1975
19th	Mayaguez Incident	1975
	Operation Eagle Claw	1980
	Gulf of Sidra	1981
20th	Operation Urgent Fury	1983
	Beirut Barracks Bombing	1983
	Operation El Dorado Canyon	1986
21st	Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm	1990–1993
22nd	Operation Just Cause	1989
	Operation Restore Hope	1992–1993
	Operation Gothic Serpent	1993
23rd	Bosnian War	1993–1995
	Operation Uphold Democracy	1994–1995
	Kosovo War	1998–1999
24th	Operation Enduring Freedom	2001–2014
25th	Operation Iraqi Freedom	2003–2010
26th	Plaque describing the Veterans Memorial Park (below the bridge)
27th	Operation New Dawn	2010–Present
28th	Military Intervention in Libya	2011
29th	[blank]