Commuters in Jacksonville, brace yourselves for some detouring—the Main Street Bridge is scheduled for closure starting next Monday. City of Jacksonville, Florida – Government announced on social media that the iconic drawbridge will be off-limits to vehicles, bikes, and pedestrians through next Saturday to make way for crucial survey and maintenance works—marine traffic, however, will keep on sailing unobstructed.
The temporary close-down ties into a larger bridge rehabilitation effort, with this specific interruption allowing crews to execute a laser imaging, detection, and ranging (LiDAR) survey scan and mechanical evaluation, they preparing for a significant trunnion replacement slated for 2028, and it’s stressed that weather or any unforeseen circumstances might play a role in this tightly scheduled plan…