Buckman Bridge

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Buckman Bridge

Official name	Henry Holland Buckman Bridge
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 3.1 miles (5 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.

v • d • e St. Johns River crossings in the Jacksonville, Florida area

Upriver from Downtown	Shands Bridge (to be replaced or supplemented) \| Buckman Bridge \| Timuquana Bridge (never built)

Downtown Jacksonsonville	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	Dames Point Bridge \| Florida State Road 113A (never built) \| Mayport Ferry