Timuquana Bridge

The Timuquana Bridge was a proposed bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida that was never built. The bridge was planned to connect with State Road 134 (103rd Street/Timuquana Road) on the west shore of the St. Johns with State Road 202 (Butler Boulevard) on the east shore.

The Timuquana was proposed because there is no other bridge crossing the eight-mile stretch of the St. Johns River between the Buckman Bridge and the Fuller Warren Bridge, and residents of the Westside wanting to go to the Southside need to travel many miles out of their way to cross the river. However, construction of the Timuquana would require the destruction of a great many houses on both sides of the river, including homes in some very exclusive neighborhoods along the west bank of the St. Johns. Accordingly, there was little to no political support for the idea from the start.

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 Jacksonville	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 State Road 113A (never built) Mayport Ferry

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