Buckman Bridge
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| Official name | Henry Holland Buckman Bridge |
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| Carries | 4 general purpose lanes |
| Crosses | St. Johns River |
| Locale | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Maintained by | Florida Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 720249 southbound 720343 northbound |
| Design | steel stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge |
| Longest span | 76.2 meters (250 feet) |
| Total length | 4968.2 meters (16300 feet) |
| Width | 10.7 meters (35 feet) per direction |
| Vertical clearance | N/A |
| Clearance below | 19.8 meters (65 feet) |
| Opening date | 1970 |
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The Buckman Bridge carries I-295 traffic over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. It was named for Henry Holland Buckman, a prominent legislator and attorney who was instrumental in establishing a state road system. [1]
It is of beam-type construction, approximately 3.2 miles (7 km) in length, and travels roughly east-west. The eastbound (southbound) and westbound (northbound) lanes are built on separate bridge structures. About 1995, it was expanded from two lanes in each direction with no breakdown lanes to four lanes in each direction with breakdown lanes. With two busy exits within a half mile of either end of the bridge, rush-hour backups are typical. Downtown Jacksonville and Naval Air Station Jacksonville are visible from the bridge to the north. On a clear day, the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Palatka can be seen to the south of the bridge.
| St. Johns River crossings in the Jacksonville, Florida area | |
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| Upriver from Downtown Jax | Shands Bridge (to be replaced or supplemented) - Buckman Bridge - Timuquana Bridge (never built) |
| Downtown Jax | Fuller Warren Bridge - FEC Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge - Acosta Bridge - Main Street Bridge - Hart Bridge - Mathews Bridge - 20th Street Extension (never built) |
| Downriver from Downtown Jax | Dames Point Bridge - Florida State Road 113A (never built) - Mayport Ferry |
| Crossings of the St. Johns River | |||
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| Upstream Shands Bridge  |
Buckman Bridge |
Downstream Fuller Warren Bridge  |
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Acosta · Bahia Honda · Bahia Honda Rail Bridge · Bridge of Lions · Buckman · Courtney Campbell Causeway · Dames Point · Fuller Warren ·
Gandy · Garcon Point · Howard Frankland · John Gorrie · NASA Causeway · New River Tunnel · Pinellas Bayway ·
Rickenbacker Causeway · Seven Mile · Sunshine Skyway · Trammell · Victory
