JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Main Street Bridge is more than just a way to cross the St. Johns River \u2014 it stands as an iconic symbol of Jacksonville\u2019s skyline and identity.<\/p>\n
Built in 1941, this vertical lift bridge is one of the last of its kind in Florida. Its distinctive twin towers frame downtown Jacksonville and have become a familiar image locally and beyond. <\/p>\n
Jacksonville City Councilmember Matt Carlucci mentioned during a recent appearance on \u201cThis Week in Jacksonville\u201d that the bridge was even featured in the city\u2019s Super Bowl logo and the Florida-Georgia football rivalry logo. <\/p>\n
A quick online image search for \u201cJacksonville\u201d often brings up the Main Street Bridge as a defining landmark, Carlucci said.<\/p>\n
Carlucci is leading the effort to secure official recognition for the bridge by placing it on the National Register of Historic Places. <\/p>\n
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Carlucci highlighted the bridge\u2019s unique architectural beauty and significance, saying, \u201cIt complements our skyline, the symmetry of the two towers kind of frames our skyline downtown. It was a part of our Super Bowl logo. If you just type in Jacksonville on Google and then go to images, you\u2019ll see the Main Street Bridge everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the same episode, we also spoke with Jacksonville\u2019s chief health officer about the city\u2019s telehealth program<\/a> and GOP candidate James Fishback regarding his recent controversial comments about Byron Donalds.<\/a><\/p>\n WATCH: Full TWIJ episode below. Carlucci interview begins at 16:45<\/p>\n Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Main Street Bridge is more than just a way to cross the St. Johns…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[832,116,118,117,42945,7363,35325],"class_list":{"0":"post-75952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-city-council","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","11":"tag-jacksonville-news","12":"tag-main-street-bridge","13":"tag-this-week-in-jacksonville","14":"tag-twij"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}