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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 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.
Although the storm was a considerable threat to the majority of the Tampa Bay area, Ian's core remained well to the south of Tampa and St. Petersburg. Ian's blowout tide pulled a large amount of water out of Tampa Bay, [81] with tides reaching 5 to 7 ft (1.5 to 2.1 m) below normal at the Hillsborough County side of the bay. Parts of the county ...
Rough weather and flooding from Hurricane Idalia prompted the closure of some Tampa Bay bridges early Wednesday. Both directions of the Howard Frankland Bridge reopened Wednesday afternoon after ...
Drivers going over the Sunshine Skyway bridge are now paying a little more. Beginning July 1, tolls for using the bridge between Pinellas and Manatee counties increased from $1.50 to $1.75 for ...
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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 (), partially collapsed in 1980, due to the collision of a freighter on one of its pilings, it was replaced by the current bridges.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge: Opened 1954. Spans Lower Tampa Bay from Bradenton on the south to St. Petersburg on the north, greatly reducing travel times between Manatee and Pinellas Counties. Part of I-275 & US 19. Gandy Bridge: Opened 1924 (first roadway bridge over Tampa Bay). Spans Old Tampa Bay from Tampa on the east to St. Petersburg on the west.