Editing Fuller Warren Bridge

{{short description|Bridge in Florida, United States of America}}
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{{Infobox bridge
| bridge_name = Fuller Warren Bridge (new)
| image = Fuller Warren Bridge, Jacksonville FL 2 Panorama.jpg
|image_size=300px
| official_name = Fuller Warren Bridge
| carries = Eight lanes of {{jct|state=FL|I|95}}
| crosses = [[St. Johns River]]
| locale = [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| maint = [[Florida Department of Transportation]]
| id = 720156
| design = [[Prestressed concrete]] [[girder bridge]]
| mainspan = {{convert|250|ft|m|1}}
| length = {{convert|7500|ft|m|1}}
| width = Eight general purpose lanes<br/>Three auxiliary lanes<br/>Shared-use path
| clearance = Unlimited
| below = {{convert|75|ft|m|1}}
| open = {{start date and age|2000|Apr|16}} (Partially completed for I-10 Eastbound to I-95 Southbound traffic)<br />{{start date and age|2002|Nov|17}} (All lanes opened)
| coordinates = {{coord|30.315|-81.67166667|display=inline,title}}
}}

{{Infobox bridge
| bridge_name = Fuller Warren Bridge (old)
| image = Old_Fuller_Warren_Bridge.jpg
|image_size=300px
| caption = The Fuller Warren bascule bridge in 1954.
| official_name = Fuller Warren Bridge
| carries = four general purpose lanes
| crosses = [[St. Johns River]]
| locale = [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| maint = [[Florida Department of Transportation]]
| id = 720156
| design = [[steel]] [[bascule bridge]]
| mainspan = 81.4 meters (267 ft)
| length = 111.77 meters (367 ft)
| width = 18.8 meters (62 ft)
| clearance = Unlimited
| below = 13.4 meters (44 ft) closed
| open = June 7, 1954
| closed = November 17, 2002
| coordinates = {{coord|30.315|-81.67166667|display=inline}}
}}

The '''Fuller Warren Bridge''' is the [[Prestressed concrete|prestressed-concrete]] [[girder bridge]] that carries [[Interstate 95 in Florida|Interstate&nbsp;95]] (I-95) across the [[St. Johns River]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. The current structure was finished in October 2002, replacing the original [[Bascule bridge|bascule-bridge]] span, finished in 1954.

The current bridge was designed by [[HNTB]] Corporation in 1990 and built by [[Balfour Beatty Construction]].<ref>''bridgepros.com''. [http://bridgepros.com/projects/Fuller%20Warren/update11-99.htm "Fuller Warren Bridge Project Update - Progress Report Nov. 1999"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701183640/http://bridgepros.com/projects/Fuller%20Warren/update11-99.htm |date=2011-07-01 }}. November 1999. Retrieved on January 14, 2013.</ref> It is over {{convert|7500|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} long, with a main span of {{convert|250|ft|m|0}}, and a vertical clearance of {{convert|75|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}. When completed in 2000, it carried eight lanes across the span.

In the spring of 2018, a construction project began to add two more lanes and a shared-use path to the bridge which was completed in spring 2023.

The eastern end of the transcontinental [[Interstate 10]] (I-10) meets I-95 just west of the bridge.

==Naming==
The bridge is named after former Florida governor [[Fuller Warren]], former member and eventual denouncer of the [[KKK]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/terror/k.html  |title=The Legacy of Harry T. Moore |publisher=PBS |quote= In January 1949, Klansmen held a motorcade through Tallahassee, where newly-inaugurated governor Fuller Warren, a former Klansmen himself, denounced them as 'hooded hoodlums and sheeted jerks.'}}</ref> who held the office from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Jacksonville City Council from 1931 to 1937.<ref>[[Allen Morris (historian)|Morris, Allen]]. ''The Florida Handbook 2001-2002''. Peninsular Publishing, 2002, p. 315.</ref>

==Original bridge==
The original bascule bridge was tolled until 1988, when the city of Jacksonville abolished toll collections. Increasing wear from heavy traffic, including a 1993 incident in which a {{convert|3|sqft}} fragment of concrete broke loose, forced officials to ban large trucks from the bridge in 1998.<ref>Halton, Beau & Schoettler, Jim. [http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/020598/2a1TRUCK.html "Fuller Warren ban widened"]. ''[[Florida Times-Union]]'', February 5, 1998. Retrieved on January 14, 2013.</ref> It was permanently closed June 13, 2001, when all traffic was moved to the new Fuller Warren Bridge.<ref>Bauerlein, David. [http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061301/met_bridge.html "Old Fuller Warren Bridge officially closes"]. ''[[Florida Times-Union]]'', June 13, 2001. Retrieved on January 14, 2013.</ref> After delays in removal because of legal and environmental concerns,<ref>Patterson, Steve. [http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061705/met_19021075.shtml "Old bridge demolition waiting on fish find"]. ''[[Florida Times-Union]]'', June 17, 2005. Retrieved on January 14, 2013.</ref> the Florida Department of Transportation used explosives to complete demolition of the old bridge on February 17, 2007.<ref>''[[Florida Times-Union]]''. [http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/021607/met_8040018.shtml "Bridge explosion day changed"]. February 16, 2007. Retrieved on January 14, 2013.</ref>

==Switch to new bridge==
Conversion from the old Fuller Warren Bridge to the new one began with one lane of southbound I-95 traffic on April 16, 2000.<ref>Bauerlein, David. [http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/041700/met_2801390.html "New ride across the St. Johns"]. ''[[Florida Times-Union]]'', April 17, 2000. Retrieved on January 14, 2013.</ref> The new bridge, built at a cost of approximately $100 million, was opened to all eight lanes in late 2002 and formally dedicated on January 13, 2003.<ref>Bauerlein, David. [http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/011303/met_bridge.shtml "New Fuller Warren Bridge dedicated"]. ''[[Florida Times-Union]]'', January 13, 2003. Retrieved on January 14, 2013.</ref>
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== Fuller Warren Expansion Project (2017)==
About 2013, The Florida State Department of Transportation (FDOT) began the Your10&95 project to add operational improvements and enhancements to the I-10, I-95 highway interchange in metro Jacksonville. A planning department held several public meetings to discuss the proposed project and the cost of its construction with residents, community partners and businesses. They also asked for input from the public attendees. The meetings were held on February 10, 2014, on August 28, 2014, and on February 26, 2015. During those meetings, it was suggested that as part of the widening project to add two additional traffic lanes to the Fuller Warren bridge, a pedestrian [[shared use path]] should be added as well. The proposed path over the [[St. Johns River]] would connect the [[Riverside and Avondale]] historic neighborhood with the [[San Marco (Jacksonville)|San Marco]] historic neighborhood. As the current bridge provides for no pedestrian or bicycle access, the FDOT agreed to implement the shared use path suggestion, as well as a number of other requests, such as adding traffic [[noise barrier]]s for residents. The project also includes improvements to the I-10 ramps at Stockton and Irene streets. Construction began May 5, 2017 and was expected to be completed in the summer of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Project Details|url=https://nflroads.com/ProjectDetails.aspx?p=5176|access-date=2021-08-03|website=nflroads.com}}</ref> See [http://your10and95.com/images/SUP%20GAI_new1.JPG Shared Use Path (SUP) renderings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717183705/http://your10and95.com/images/SUP%20GAI_new1.JPG |date=2018-07-17 }}. On the morning of October 4, 2018, a fatal accident involving one of the construction workers caused a temporary suspension of the work.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Body found of construction worker who fell into St. Johns River near Fuller Warren Bridge|url=https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/body-found-of-construction-worker-who-fell-into-st-johns-river-near-fuller-warren-bridge/77-600778121|access-date=2021-08-03|website=firstcoastnews.com|date=4 October 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> By March, 2019 the project was near half way construction.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-01|title=Lane expansion project on Fuller Warren Bridge on time|url=https://residentnews.net/2019/03/01/lane-expansion-project-on-fuller-warren-bridge-on-time/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=The Resident Community News Group, Inc.}}</ref> On April 6, 2023, the shared use path across the St Johns river finally opened.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-04-06|title=new bridge path|url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/columns/mark-woods/2023/04/05/fuller-warren-bridge-multi-use-path-opens-thursday-in-jacksonville/70073735007/}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:FullerWarrenSharedPathOpen.jpg|Shared use path view from the top of the Fuller Warren Bridge looking west toward Riverside
File:Fuller Warren Shared Use Path July2018.jpg|Fuller-Warren Shared Use Path Concrete Supports (July 2018)
</gallery>

==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|Transport}}
* {{Portal-inline|Engineering}}
* {{Portal-inline|Florida}}
* [[List of crossings of the St. Johns River]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Fuller Warren Bridge}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.fl.us/Structures/botm/fullerwarren/fullerwarren.htm|title=FDOT Structures Design Office - Fuller Warren Bridge|access-date=2006-05-26|archive-date=2005-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214083128/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/structures/botm/fullerwarren/fullerwarren.htm|url-status=dead}}

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