The Florida Dept. of Transportation is seeking reimbursement from the U.S. Navy and federal subcontractors for $4.1 million in costs related to the state agency's emergency repairs to Jacksonville’s Mathews Bridge. On Sept. 26, 2013, an elevated structure located on the stern of a Naval cargo ship struck the bridge, damaging a main structural beam and shoving metal plates that support the deck out of position.
In April, lawyers for the state transportation agency submitted a formal demand to the Dept. of the Navy for compensation from the U.S. Navy, Military Sealift Command and contractors Patriot Contract Services and Moran Towing Corp., which was moving the USNS 1st Lt Harry L. Martin cargo ship at the time of the incident.