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Mathews Bridge - Definition and Overview |
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| Mathews Bridge
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| Official name | John E. Mathews Bridge
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| Carries | four general purpose lanes
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| Crosses | St. Johns River
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| Locale | Jacksonville, Florida
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| Maintained by | Florida Department of Transportation
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| ID number | 720076
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| Design | steel through truss bridge
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| Longest span | 246.9 meters (810 feet)
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| Total length | 2248.2 meters (7736 feet)
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| Width | 17.7 meters (58 feet)
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| Vertical clearance | 6.80 meters (22.3 feet)
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| Clearance below | 46.3 meters (152 feet)
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| Opening date | 1953
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Looking east through the truss on the Mathews Bridge. Looking west on the Arlington Expressway at the University Boulevard overpass, with the Mathews Bridge in the background.
The Mathews Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida spans the St. Johns River, bringing traffic along Arlington Expressway between Arlington and Downtown.
Accidents
The bridge has a notoriously problematic grating at the top, which is designed to lift up to allow tall ships to pass through. After the previous grating wore out, a new one was installed, causing drivers to complain that the replacement was slippery and hard to drive on. That grating was replaced with a new, "state of the art" grating, which has also proven quite deadly. In 2003, Donna Campbell of Hilliard, Florida was killed when she lost control of her 1984 Jeep Wrangler on the grating, which was slippery from recent rain. This particular accident has been a major factor in citizens persuading the Jacksonville City Council to act concerning the grating.
External links
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Example Usage of Mathews |
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sexytrinitev: @mackenziejayde like i did for miss Mathews? |
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Cric: Imran's Channel: Dilshan, Mathews help Sri Lanka draw level: A near-full house in Nagpur was witness to a fiery match, with Sri Lanka le... |
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vhernandezcnn: RT @BFeldmanESPN: Player I'm most eager to watch in a bowl this weekend: Fresno State RB Ryan Mathews. Every yr some nonBCS RB runs wild ... |
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