: The bridge is back open. "There was a minor mechanical issue this morning that prevented the Main Street bridge from ...

For the second consecutive year, Jacksonville's LGBTQ+ community and allies illuminated the Acosta Bridge with handheld lights during Pride Month after the state mandated patriotic lighting on ...

Downtown's Main Street Bridge is the second oldest bridge in Jacksonville after the Acosta (original name: the St. Johns River Bridge). The Acosta, though, has been torn down and rebuilt, while ...

The rainbow lights on the Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville, Fla., to honor Pride Month will reportedly be turned back on following backlash after the Florida Department of Transportation deemed the ...

First round in 2024: Florida won't light bridges in rainbow colors.So Jacksonville's LGBTQ community did. Organizers originally picked the Main Street bridge with the idea that the rainbow lights ...

Lots of Jacksonville roads, bridges and communities owe their official names to some famous people: long dead of course. Jacksonville was named in 1822 for Andrew Jackson, who was not president at ...

Supporters of Jacksonville's LGBTQ community organized a rainbow lighting of the Main Street Bridge Friday night. Author: Florida Times-Union, David Bauerlein Published: 12:49 PM EDT June 1, 2024 ...

Opened on April 15, 1953, the John E. Mathews Bridge has for 71 years carried cars, trucks and buses across the St. Johns River from downtown Jacksonville to the Arlington neighborhood via the ...

The Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida, lit up with rainbow colors. Anarie Whit/X Why It Matters. DeSantis has launched a number of initiatives aimed at tackling what he terms "woke" culture.

"I thought it came off great," said Jacksonville resident Matt McAllister, who helped organize the effort, which came together in 48 hours. "We thought we'd get 35 people for the bridge," he said.

JACKSONVILLE, FL – You may be surprised to know about a stretch of land just west of Jacksonville that towers higher than buildings in downtown and even above the Dames Point Bridge. Trail Ridge ...