Infrastructure bridge scare, Jacksonville, Florida....Desantis territory

[diehardblue]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Damage to a finger joint on the southbound side of the Buckman Bridge forced a shutdown of I-295 SB Thursday morning in the heart of rush hour, creating a traffic nightmare for commuters trying to get across the St. Johns River.

News4Jax was told at 11:30 a.m. that one southbound lane would be reopening on the bridge within minutes. Hours later that still had not happened. The entire southbound side of the bridge finally reopened to traffic at 3:20 p.m. -- ahead of the evening rush hour and just about eight hours after they closed.

FHP Sgt. Dylan Bryan said troopers got a call Thursday morning about possible damage toward the top of the span of the Buckman Bridge. He said one of the segments of the bridge had reportedly lifted slightly at one of the expansion joints, causing slight damage to the roadway.

Florida Department of Transportation inspectors were called to the scene and the side of the bridge connecting Orange Park commuters to Mandarin was shut down.

https://www.news4jax.com/traffic/2021/05/27/rush-hour-nightmare-damage-forces-closure-of-buckman-bridge-this-morning/

[hatrack]

1. "Evil Federal Government!!! Give Us Some Money Now!! We're Desperate!!"

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[gab13by13]

2. DeSantis is arguing that the infrastructure Bill is too large.

[rgbecker]

3. A total bridge collapse in the next few weeks would seal Biden's plan.

There will be a few hold outs but few republican would be willing to show opposition to some infrastructure funding if American's are dying falling from old broken bridges.

[haele]

4. I've been across that bridge. Granted, about 20 years ago.

Not a good place for a bridge collapse, especially at rush hour.

Haele

[marble falls]

5. GOP: 'we want gubmint money for bridges before we can even begin to talk about infrastructure!'