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The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, officially referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge. It spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas County (St. Petersburg, Florida) to Manatee County (Terra Ceia, Florida). The current Sunshine Skyway opened in 1987 and is the second ...
Royal Gorge Bridge, highest bridge in the United States. This is a list of the highest bridges in the United States by height over land or water. Height in this list refers to the distance from the bridge deck to the lowest point on the land, or the water surface, directly below.
The W. Howard Frankland Bridge is the central fixed-link bridge spanning Old Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, Florida to Tampa, Florida.It is one of three bridges connecting Hillsborough County and Pinellas County; the others being Gandy Bridge and Courtney Campbell Causeway.
The Gandy Bridge was the first fixed crossing of Tampa Bay, with the original span opening in 1924. The 1956 (foreground, now demolished) and 1996 spans are visible. The 1956 (foreground, now demolished) and 1996 spans are visible.
Given the demolition of the Friendship Trail Bridge, this bicycle link has become another connection across Tampa Bay. In January 2018, construction began on a new water channel through the eastern side of the causeway. The new channel was needed to improve water quality in parts of Old Tampa Bay north of the causeway.
The last time Tampa Bay was hit by a major hurricane was 1921, when just a few hundred people lived in sparsely developed backwater towns -- and the community was still devastated.
The bridges to Sarasota County's barrier islands closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, according to the Sarasota Police Department.
Gandy Bridge is the southernmost bridge spanning Old Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, Florida to Tampa, Florida.The original 1924 span was dismantled in 1975. The second bridge, constructed in 1956 was used for vehicular traffic until 1997, when it was converted to recreational use by non-motorized traffic.