Mathews Bridge

Mathews History

• Open to Traffic: April 15, 1953 Cost: $11 Million

• Fully Painted: 1982• Paint Touch-up:

1995, 2002, 2007

• Steel Grating Replaced2007, $12.9 Million

• Paint & Structural Repair2011, $22.7 Million

LOGISTICS

Vertical Clearance: 149.5’Vertical, Water to Low Member =150’Vertical, Deck to Low Member = 21’Deck to Top of High Point on Truss = 100’ Main Channel Width = 700’Water Depths = 16’ to 38’Tides = 2’

Bridge Connections:Bolts and Rivets

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• Eastbound Traffic: Union Street to the Hart Bridge, Atlantic Blvd to University/Cesery Blvd to Arlington Expressway

• Westbound Traffic: Arlington Expressway to Cesery Blvd/University Blvd to the Hart Bridge to State Street to downtown Jacksonville

Detour Routes

DETOUR ROUTES

FDOT Public Information OfficerMike Goldman(904) 360-5457