Everglades Nat’l Park depends on water from the north,
Delivery of which is segmented in the three reaches shown below.
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| Increasing water into Northeast Shark River Slough is a major goal of Everglades Restoration |
The purpose of the new one-mile bridge is to boost up the red line.
In the short run, the vision of unimpeded flow will have to wait. Bridge bound water is constricted at a water supply choke point called the S-333.
But the long term goal is to build more bridges …
And bypass the S-333 choke point by re-configuring upstream levees, too.
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| Panoramic view of the S-333 looking down the canal towards the new bridge |
Maybe that’s thinking too far ahead just yet:
The new bridge opens to traffic in about a few weeks and to water later this year.
