{"id":229706,"date":"2025-09-15T21:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/229706\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:35:11","slug":"northbound-main-street-bridge-closed-until-mid-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/229706\/","title":{"rendered":"Northbound Main Street Bridge closed until mid-October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 Jacksonville\u2019s Main Street Bridge northbound lanes will remain closed to vehicles until mid-October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Florida Department of Transportation says the closure is necessary to repair electrical damage caused when a tugboat struck the bridge early on Aug. 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Drivers are advised to use the Acosta Bridge as an alternate route during this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Intermittent full bridge closures will occur overnight between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. for testing and final repairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Florida Department of Transportation awarded a $2.1 million contract to Seacoast, Inc. to complete the electrical repairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">FDOT crews responded immediately after the incident, conducting a safety assessment before reopening the bridge to traffic later that morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Drivers can stay updated on lane closures and roadwork by following FDOT District 2 on social media or visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/nflroads.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nflroads.com\">nflroads.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">For real-time traffic alerts, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/FL511.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/FL511.com\">FL511.com<\/a> or download the FL511 app.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville\u2019s Main Street Bridge northbound lanes will remain closed to vehicles until mid-October. The Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":229707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,41199,3188,723,7310,82294,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-229706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fdot","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-main-street-bridge","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115210468218169006","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}