The swing part of the old Seven Mile Bridge.

TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / March 2, 1981

1981 A back hoe loaded on a truck crossing the Seven Mile Bridge hit the overhead bridge tender’s shack rupturing a 1,000 gallon propane tank, causing a fire that killed the bridge tender, Peter C. Fancher, and destroyed the swing bridge mechanisms. The bridge was closed for 22 hours; the swing bridge was never fixed and was removed when the new Seven-Mile Bridge opened.

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