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The Garcon Point Bridge is a 2-lane toll bridge in Santa Rosa County, in the Florida panhandle. The bridge generally runs north - south and connects U.S. Route 98 east of Gulf Breeze, Florida to Interstate 10 and U.S. Route 90 west of Milton, Florida. The road and bridge uses the TOLL 281 shield on signage from US 98 to I-10.
Bob Sikes Bridge: Pensacola Beach: Gulf Breeze: 0.7 miles (1.1 km) $1.00 southbound Signed as County Road 399: Broad Causeway: North Miami: Surfside: $1.50 Cape Coral Bridge: Cape Coral: McGregor: 0.64 miles (1.03 km) $2.00 $2.00 for add'l axles Card Sound Road: Monroe County: Miami-Dade County: $1.00 Garcon Point Bridge: Gulf Breeze: Milton ...
The original bridge, which had been in service since June 13, 1931, [3] was tolled and was signed as TOLL US 98 until the bridge bonds were paid off. The decommissioned original bridge served as two 1.5-mile-long fishing piers until they were largely destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. By 2007, the remainder of the northernmost fishing pier ...
The portion of the road south of Interstate 10 is signed "TOLL 281" to reflect the inclusion of the Garcon Point Bridge, which has a $5.00 per crossing toll. [citation needed] The primary function of SR 281 is as a bypass route of Pensacola, connecting Milton, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach and other communities along the coast to I-10.
It then curves east at Pensacola Beach and heads east along the barrier island through the Gulf Islands National Seashore to Navarre Beach, where CR 399 turns north and crosses the Navarre Bridge back to the mainland. The Navarre Bridge was a toll bridge with one cash and one SunPass lane for southbound traffic until 2005 but it is now toll-free.
The toll booths were removed in May 2022, accompanying a larger U.S. 278 repaving project that was finished in the fall. SCDOT transferred ownership of the toll office to the Town of Hilton Head ...
The bridge is a center point of the community and is included in the logos and symbols of many local businesses. The locally famous Navarre Beach sign is located on the mainland base of the bridge. The mainland side also used to contain a toll booth building but tolls were eliminated in 2004.
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