With Jacksonville being the city of bridges, it is good to reflect on the effect of the building of each bridge. South Jacksonville went from a rural setting to the development of San Marco when the Acosta Bridge was built in 1921, just as Arlington left its rural setting behind when the Matthews Bridge was built in the 1950's. The Main Street Bridge altered Jacksonviile's downtown sector forever to the detriment of downtown's commercial sector. The Fuller Warren bridge, cutting across the Southbank, destroyed much of what was once the City of South Jacksonville.
