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There are two bridges across from the mainland: the Cortez Bridge, which brings State Road 684 into Bradenton Beach from Cortez, and the Anna Maria Island Bridge, which brings State Road 64 into Holmes Beach from the Palma Sola section of Bradenton. Anna Maria Island is served by a free trolley-style bus that runs north and south on Gulf Drive.
Anna Maria Island was not connected to the mainland prior to this and so could only be accessed by boat. Construction on the bridge came to a halt after the hurricane of 1921 hit, destroying any progress that had been made on the bridge. In 1922, construction began again and the wooden bridge was completed. The wooden bridge connected Cortez ...
The Cortez Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that connects the barrier islands of Bradenton Beach, and the mainland of Cortez, Florida. It crosses the Sarasota Bay, carries Cortez Road, part of SR 684, and was built in 1956, replacing a swing bridge built in 1921. [1] The current bridge was designated by the 1965 Legislature of Florida.
The popular seafood restaurant opened in 1947 on the island’s northern end. Anna Maria Island, a seven-mile barrier island off Bradenton on Florida’s Gulf Coast, is about a four-hour drive ...
The Anna Maria Island Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Sarasota Bay, connecting the barrier islands of Holmes Beach to the mainland of Palma Sola, Florida. It was built in 1957 along with the Palma Sola Causeway. [8] The bridge extended SR 64 to Anna Maria Island.
Anna Maria Island, part of Manatee County, had significant flooding Wednesday, Eyewitness News meteorologist Cody Bailey said. The aftermath of Hurricane #Idalia .
Anna Maria Island's beaches remained closed Tuesday, according to the region's severe weather information center, as did government offices like the island's chamber of commerce building.
[4] [5] The route connected Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island via a bridge that was built in 1926, though this bridge was destroyed by a hurricane in 1932. [6] After the 1945 Florida state road renumbering, the route was redesignated as part of SR 780 on Longboat Key and points south, while parts of the route on Anna Maria Island were part of ...