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The Francis and Mary
Usina Bridge
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Inscription. Named in honor of the
St. Augustine and North Beach civic leaders, Francis E. and Mary Borum Usina.
Just as the bridge spans the North River to connect the St. Augustine mainland with Vilano and North Beach, so too the Usinas were strong links between the communities. For half a century Captain Usina skippered the sightseeing vessel, Victory II, on Matanzas Bay; with his wife Mary he pioneered in development and improvement of North Beach as St. Augustine expanded to include that area.
Francis E. Usina, 1900
- 1973
Mary Borum Usina, 1909 - 1989 Erected 1995 by St. John County Commission in cooperation with the St. Augustine Historical Society. Location. 29° 54.755′ N, 81° 18.6′ W. Marker is in St. Augustine, Florida, in Saint Johns County. Marker is on North Ocean Boulevard (State Highway A1A), on the right when traveling east. |
Monday, May 26, 2014
May 26th Last stop of the day, the Bridge to Vilano
Been on this bridge lots of times, never knew it carried its own marker, now I know the "Rest of the Story."
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