I had the best view of the city from the Hyatt hotel room on the 19th (& top) floor. The blue bridge is the Main Street Bridge. Note the railroad bridge under the 2nd highway bridge.
"The massive Main Street "vertical lift span" Bridge ... was built in the 1930s to carry US 1 over the St. Johns River. Made of eleven steel stringer spans and three Warren through trusses, the 365-foot long continuous truss vertical lift span at the center is the longest in Florida. The span-drive system, which puts the drive machinery on the movable span, utilizes concrete counterweights enclosed within two large steel frame towers. Although builders emphasized functional considerations, the bridge produces an aesthetic effect through its strength, 200-foot high lift towers, and commanding reach across the St. Johns River measuring 1,680 feet in length." http://bridgepros.com/projects/mainst.Jax/Mainstreet.htm
"The massive Main Street "vertical lift span" Bridge ... was built in the 1930s to carry US 1 over the St. Johns River. Made of eleven steel stringer spans and three Warren through trusses, the 365-foot long continuous truss vertical lift span at the center is the longest in Florida. The span-drive system, which puts the drive machinery on the movable span, utilizes concrete counterweights enclosed within two large steel frame towers. Although builders emphasized functional considerations, the bridge produces an aesthetic effect through its strength, 200-foot high lift towers, and commanding reach across the St. Johns River measuring 1,680 feet in length." http://bridgepros.com/projects/mainst.Jax/Mainstreet.htm
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This is superb, Tash. I've wanted to get up to Jacksonville to get some pictures, too, but haven't made it yet...
We have some good friends there, now, though, so ...
You will show more of Jacksonville, right?
Fabulous shot Tash! When I was little, we used to go over these bridges and us kids would always look to see if a train was on what we called the "train bridge". We would get so excited if it was there! Whenever I come to Jax now, I always use the third bridge in the distance in your picture, the new Fuller Warren Bridge, which replaced the old Fuller Warren Bridge named after a former governor of Florida.
I remember that bridge by night,
you captured it beautifully. Such delight to look at!
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