Dames Point Bridge News Today

The Florida Highway Patrol has confirmed a crash with injuries on the Dames Point Bridge heading south.

As concerns arise over the effect of the Baltimore bridge collapse on the supply chain, how goods are transported in and out of ports, the chairman of the Jacksonville Port Authority laid out the impact the accident is having in Jacksonville.

After the Sunshine Skyway bridge collapsed, stronger protections were put in place. Baltimore’s bridge didn’t have them.

News4JAX Anchor Joy Purdy covered a story and shared her fear of bridges in 2022. Many News4JAX Insiders inundated Purdy with comments and praise about her vulnerability and shared their fears of bridges.

Even though bridge collapses are extremely rare, a fear of that experience is very real for some people.

The Dames Point Bridge, the only bridge that cargo ships calling JAXPORT sail under, has hard infrastructure in place to protect the base of the bridge piers from any vessel impacts.

Mayor Donna Deegan says Jacksonville will "stand ready" to help Baltimore as it deals with shocking collapse of bridge hit by cargo ship.

Mayor Deegan says Dames Point Bridge has safeguards in place amid ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore causing a massive collapse on Tuesday.

After a container ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to snap and plunge into the river below, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan addressed the collapse and tried to ease concerns residents may have about bridge safety in Duval County.

News4JAX spoke with local first responders about the technology used to find people stranded in the water and got a behind-the-scenes look at how the marine units for the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) would rescue someone if anything like that ever were to happen here.