Eau Gallie Causeway Bridge

In 1925, construction began on the first wooden bridge across the Indian River Lagoon. On February 22, 1926, George Washington’s Birthday, the bridge opened to traffic. The bridge connected to a sand trail that led to Canova Beach. At this time, there was no railing on the bridge for a year after its construction. There are no records that anyone fell off the bridge during this time. In 1944 a 200 foot section of the bridge burned.
On February 22, 1955, George Washington’s Birthday, a new multi-​million dollar concrete bridge was dedicated to Dr. William Jackson Creel. The second Eau Gallie Causeway featured a swing span drawbridge.
The third bridge, a high-​rise causeway, was completed in 1988.
Just north of the bridge, the Indian River Lagoon splits to form the Banana River Lagoon east of the southern tip of Merritt Island, Florida. Its southern tip has been known locally as Dragon’s Point since 1971 when a green dragon was built there. However, in 2002 most of the dragon collapsed into the river and was nearly destroyed.