YULEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation is warning drivers to prepare for detours, with full daytime closures of the St. Mary’s Bridge planned.
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U.S. 17 over the St. Mary’s River will be completely inaccessible to drivers for several hours a day from Monday, March 17th to Thursday, March 20th.
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., drivers will instead be directed to I-95 to cross the river between Florida and Georgia.
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The closure will enable crews to conduct routine maintenance on the bridge.
The St. Mary’s Bridge was built in 1927 and is manually operated.
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