Historic SoWal trivia

[L.C. Bane]

I can't remember where LeBleus Cajun Kitchen was. Anyone recall?

 

[Will B]

If memory serves, right there...

 

[HD Lady]

On the North side of Hwy 98 Right to the West of Veterans Rd.

 

[Jerry Lewis]

Enyone rember wher i put my reading basses?

 

[HD Lady]

On your nose?

 

[L.C. Bane]

Reading bases? I don't follow.

 

[Emerald Drifter]

Another question: Regarding the 331 bridge. I know the Southbound lanes are the original, and I remember those concrete picnic areas by the water. When was the original two lane built? Was the original wooden? Does anyone remember a time before the 331 bridge was built? Also, it appears the the land that the Southbound lanes are built on must have been filled in to create a peninsula coming from the North side of the bay, correct?

 

[bob bob]

Yes it's a causeway. Not allowed these days.

 

[jodiFL]

331 was a draw bridge when I first moved here. Until a barge hit it.

 

[Lake View Too]

Yes, it was a wood trestle bridge with a draw bridge. The causeways were always there from when it was first built. I don't have any real facts, but believe in was built 1936 or 1939. It was hit by a barge (sometime in the mid eighties) and cars had to be ferried across until it was repaired.