Editing Mathews Bridge (section)

{{short description|Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Bridge
|bridge_name= Mathews Bridge
|image= Mathews Bridge.jpg
|image_size=300px
|official_name=John E. Mathews Bridge
|locale=[[Jacksonville, Florida]]
|carries={{jct|state=FL|US-Alt|90|dab1=Jacksonville}}<br />(four general purpose lanes)
|crosses=[[St. Johns River]]
|id=720076
|maint=[[Florida Department of Transportation]]
|open={{start date and age|April 15, 1953}}
|below={{convert|46.3|m}}|design=[[Steel]] [[cantilever bridge]]
|mainspan={{convert|246.9|m}}|length={{convert|2248.2|m}}
|width={{convert|17.7|m}} 
|clearance={{convert|6.80|m}} 
|coordinates = {{coord|30.327|-81.618|display=inline,title}}
|traffic = 13,700 (2019)
}}
The '''Mathews Bridge''' is a [[cantilever bridge]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Florida]], which spans the [[St. Johns River]]. Constructed in 1953, the bridge brings traffic along the [[Arlington Expressway]] between downtown Jacksonville and the [[Arlington, Jacksonville, Florida|Arlington]] neighborhood. It was named after [[John E. Mathews]], a Florida state legislator and Chief Justice of the 1955 [[Florida Supreme Court]] who helped gather funding for the bridge's construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unf.edu/library/sc/mathewsbio.html |title=UNF Library: John e. Mathews, Jr. Collection - Biography |access-date=December 12, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904122339/https://www.unf.edu/library/sc/mathewsbio.html |archive-date=September 4, 2006 }}</ref>  Originally silver in color, the bridge was painted garnet in 1984 in celebration of Jacksonville's short-lived [[United States Football League]] franchise, the [[Jacksonville Bulls]].