Mathews Bridge Breaking News

[I-10east]

^^^I take it that you're more of a Sailor Jerry guy.

[Ocklawaha]

^^^I take it that you're more of a Sailor Jerry guy.

Jerry is a legendary old salt!

As for the captain? Wasn't it under the control of the dock or harbor master? If so the Cap is off the hook.

[acme54321]

Channel 4 is reporting that the bridge is back open.

[FSBA]

The TU is reporting the same thing. The afternoon commute should be interesting

[acme54321]

I live at the foot of the atlantic/I95 ramps and I am really glad the bridge is back open.

[fsujax]

Traffic was still a little light on the State St, i suspect that will change tomorrow morning.

[I-10east]

Here's an animation below from UNF on how 'the Old Matt' (as our long time locals affectionately call it, JK) got hit by that Naval ship. A couple of feet over on where the ship made contact with the bridge could have made this a tragic situation; Luckily, that wasn't the case. They said on the report that this footage will be used to possibly make bridges more safe in the future.

www.actionnewsjax.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=4623646&navCatId=20896

[Lunican]

In the Blink of an Eye: The Story of the Mathews Bridge Repair

http://vimeo.com/97370834

[I-10east]

^^^Thanks for the upload! Awesome job RS&H!!!

[Jason]

Man, that was a lot worse than I thought.

[able]

Nice documentary! That was really well done

[Noone]

Great story!

[ChriswUfGator]

The damage was much worse than I'd thought. The news photos were taken from such a distance that the damage looked minimal, but when you see it up close it's a different story.