Government Cut
Government Cut is a manmade
Key Biscayne
.
Opened in 1905, the cut across the peninsula that is now
Miami-Dade County, Florida. The now-famous South Beach
is to the north of the cut.
Establishment
Government Cut was authorized by the
Interstate 395
).
Operation
Operation of the cut falls upon three
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
for the channel itself, including dredging.
Notoriety
Local
Jupiter Inlet
, to the north.
On December 19, 2005, the vintage
Grumann G-73T Turbine Mallard seaplane providing Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashed immediately offshore Government Cut, temporarily closing the channel to all traffic and trapping freighters and cruise ships
on both sides.
On September 25, 2016, Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández died in a boating accident at Government Cut. The boat hit the jetty and capsized, killing Fernández and two other men on board, 25-year-old Eduardo Rivero, and 27-year-old Emilio Macias, the son of a Miami-Dade police detective.[1]
External links and references
25°45′47″N 80°07′56″W / 25.7631025°N 80.1323461°W
References
- ^ Spencer, Clark; Neal, David J. (September 25, 2016). "Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez killed in boating crash". The Miami Herald. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.