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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 ...
The Seven Mile Bridge is the longest bridge in Florida. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge , as seen at sunrise from Fort DeSoto Park , is amongst the most recognizable bridges in the United States. The Gandy Bridge was the first fixed crossing of Tampa Bay , with the original span opening in 1924.
USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) was a 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender (WLB) which sank in 1980 in a collision near the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge, resulting in 23 crew member fatalities. [1] [2] [3] An Iris-class vessel, she was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota.
Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a list of the major current and former bridges in the United States. ... Sunshine Skyway Bridge: 366 m (1,200 ft) 6,700 m ...
The collapsed bridge and MS Star Clipper: Sunshine Skyway Bridge: near St. Petersburg, Florida: United States 9 May 1980: Steel cantilever bridge The freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge during a storm, causing the center section of the southbound span to collapse into Tampa Bay 35 killed, 1 injured
Sunshine Skyway Bridge; T. Treasure Island Causeway; Media in category "Bridges over Tampa Bay" This category contains only the following file. ... Code of Conduct;
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Sunshine Skyway Bridge: Tampa Bay, Florida, US: Bridge: 35 dead 1981: Harbor Cay Condominium ...
Skyway Bridge may refer to: Buffalo Skyway, a bridge in Buffalo, New York, United States; Burlington Bay Skyway, a bridge near Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Garden City Skyway, a bridge in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; Chicago Skyway, a bridge in Chicago, Illinois, United States; Pulaski Skyway, a bridge in Newark, New Jersey, United States