Beginning this fall, the Northbank Riverwalk will experience a series of temporary closures and construction work zones, with some of those closures already underway to allow for construction on long-awaited riverfront projects.
In early July, the city closed the Riverwalk between Pearl and Main streets and the McCoys Creek Work Zone from Jackson Street to the Acosta Bridge. Corkscrew Park will remain accessible via Pearl Street until this fall, when the park will close until Fall 2025 for construction of the Northbank bulkhead replacement by CSX. The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department will provide updates should the park be able to open sooner.
According to the city, this project “will resolve subsidence and issues along that length of the Riverwalk [between the Acosta Bridge and W. Coastline Drive].”
Once construction begins on the CSX bulkhead project, detours will be established for pedestrians and cyclists to bypass the Riverwalk from Jackson Street to Main Street.
While Riverwalk construction will not impact vehicular traffic, the city said that drivers will see detours from other projects, including the Emerald Trail’s Hogan Street Connector, the Park Street Road Diet and the Adams Street and Forsyth Street Two Way Conversion.
Additional projects spurring temporary closures include the McCoy’s Creek restoration, the Riverfront Plaza – the forthcoming park on the Jacksonville Landing site – and the Jacksonville Musical Heritage Garden behind the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts.
