Looking south from the bridge's pinnacle provides a spectacular view of downtown St. Augustine and the St. Augustine Inlet. It's at the inlet that the Tolomato River ends and the Matanzas begins.

The 95th anniversary of the formal opening of the Bridge of Lions is April 7. On that day in 1927, the name of the bridge was Matanzas River Bridge. By August its name had been changed to Bridge ...

The bridge across Matanzas Inlet, the Crescent Beach bridge, ... In the spring of 1927, the Bridge of Lions, initially named the Matanzas River Bridge, opened to auto traffic.

The Florida 206 draw bridge over the Matanzas River in St. Johns County is open only to vehicle traffic but remains closed to marine traffic until further notice because of mechanical problems ...

Within the next seven months, St. Augustine’s Bridge of Lions could become the bridge without lions. The city could soon approve an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation to ...

The Bridge of Lions is scheduled to close for routine maintenance from 9 p.m ... drivers will follow posted detour signs to use the State Road 312 Bridge to cross the Matanzas River instead.

When it comes to Florida’s famous forts, St. Augustine’s Castillo de San Marcos National Monument– the massive coquina and oyster-tabby structure guarding the city’s gates f… ...

It was a talk about the changing coastlines around Matanzas Inlet. More than 300 people crowded into the building, squeezing into every available space to hear Maitane Olabarrieta, ...

FDOT told Action News Jax, if the agreement is approved, the lions would be removed from the bridge by January 31, 2026, and reinstalled by December 31, 2028.