The Bridges of Downtown Jacksonville

[Metro Jacksonville]

The Bridges of Downtown Jacksonville



Connecting the city for travel and commerce, they create an an urban environment that is unique in the Southeast. They are the six bridges of downtown Jacksonville.

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[dougskiles]

These bridges are our mountains (and great for exercise).  I wish we could find a way to create pedestrian & bike access on the Hart Bridge.

[Noone]

^And a River that is a vibrancy all it's own that flows below them. 24/7 A Downtown Destination that you want to share with everyone. Another great tour Ennis. Thank you.

[InnerCityPressure]

Beautiful.  The bridge scenery is one of the things that made me buy into Jacksonville.

It would be great if we could get better connectivity between North and South banks via the Main Street bridge.  Chattanooga has a popular pedestrian bridge (Walnut St. Bridge) that connects their two shores wonderfully.  Would it be crazy to shut down the Main Street bridge to traffic once a month on a Friday night and program around that?

[Overstreet]

The old Acosta used to shake when traffic was on it. I stopped once with the front of the truck on one side of the expansion joint and the rear on the other. The truck did a little dance with all the bridge movement. It was the only bridge that stayed open during the snow storm December 1989.  Fortunately we don't have many of those one day storms so shut downs are not too bad. The new Acosta will not have the traffic delays of the lift spans. But it will shut down if we ever have ice again.

The railroad bridge is riveted together. You won't see any of that construction any more. It also has strippers that live around the foundations. I've just not been able to coax them out. Current is usually a beast.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Jacksonville bridges are awesome, best views IMO are from the Hart bridge.

[Fallen Buckeye]

The railroad bridge is riveted together. You won't see any of that construction any more. It also has strippers that live around the foundations. I've just not been able to coax them out. Current is usually a beast.

Strippers or stripers? Crucial difference.

[Jaxson]

Beautiful pictures!  I remember driving across the old Acosta Bridge shortly before they closed it for good.

[carpnter]

The old Acosta used to shake when traffic was on it. I stopped once with the front of the truck on one side of the expansion joint and the rear on the other. The truck did a little dance with all the bridge movement. It was the only bridge that stayed open during the snow storm December 1989.  Fortunately we don't have many of those one day storms so shut downs are not too bad. The new Acosta will not have the traffic delays of the lift spans. But it will shut down if we ever have ice again.

The railroad bridge is riveted together. You won't see any of that construction any more. It also has strippers that live around the foundations. I've just not been able to coax them out. Current is usually a beast.

I had to cross that bridge going home during that 1989 storm.  I had to go from Baymeadows out to the Dinsmore area.  It took something like 3 hours to get home.  Ended up crossing the Bridge and taking US1 all the way out because I didn't want to chance trying to cross the I-95 bridge at Trout River.

[Ocklawaha]

The 'other' missed opportunity was when Mayor Jake Godbold announced the new Acosta bridge and we were promised that the center span of the historic old bridge would be placed in a park. This would have made for an interesting and historic exhibit only somewhere along the way, someone decided it should be buried at sea. WHAT A PISSER!

[Timkin]

^ Indeed.  powers that have been , and present , still do not have proper regard for structures of days gone by.  Lets fill our Oceans and landfills with them instead.  Brilliant. Just brilliant.

[Charles Hunter]

Good thing no one from this program saw and reported anyone taking pictures of the bridges:
iWatch: http://www.iwatchjax.com/
The brochure mentions "bridges" as something to watch.

[FSBA]

Good thing no one from this program saw and reported anyone taking pictures of the bridges:
iWatch: http://www.iwatchjax.com/
The brochure mentions "bridges" as something to watch.

[theduvalprogressive]

I never thought getting rid of the old Acosta Bridge was a very good idea.