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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 ...
Skyway Fishing Pier State Park is a Florida State Park located on the north and south sides of the mouth of Tampa Bay. When the original cantilevered Sunshine Skyway Bridge , carrying I-275 ( US 19 ), partially collapsed in 1980, due to the collision of a freighter on one of its pilings, it was replaced by the current bridges.
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.
Skyway Bridge may refer to: 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; Sunshine Skyway Bridge, over Tampa Bay in Florida, United States
Terra Ceia is an unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States that includes the 1,932 acres (7.82 km 2) Terra Ceia Preserve. [4] It is located on Terra Ceia Island near the Southern shore of Tampa Bay near the intersection of US 19 and I-275, at the southern end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, carrying I-275/US 19 across Tampa Bay. The road begins at an interchange with US 41 in Manatee County and remains independent until the interchange with I-275 at exit 5, where it overlaps I-275 across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the terminus of which is at the intersection of I-275 and SR 682 at exit 17.
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 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