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The Garcon Point Bridge is a 2-lane toll bridge in Santa Rosa County, in the Florida panhandle. The bridge generally runs north - south and connects U.S. Route 98 east of Gulf Breeze, Florida to Interstate 10 and U.S. Route 90 west of Milton, Florida. The road and bridge uses the TOLL 281 shield on signage from US 98 to I-10.
The portion of the road south of Interstate 10 is signed "TOLL 281" to reflect the inclusion of the Garcon Point Bridge, which has a $5.00 per crossing toll. [citation needed] The primary function of SR 281 is as a bypass route of Pensacola, connecting Milton, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach and other communities along the coast to I-10.
The original bridge, which had been in service since June 13, 1931, [3] was tolled and was signed as TOLL US 98 until the bridge bonds were paid off. The decommissioned original bridge served as two 1.5-mile-long fishing piers until they were largely destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. By 2007, the remainder of the northernmost fishing pier ...
Bob Sikes Bridge: Pensacola Beach: Gulf Breeze: 0.7 miles (1.1 km) $1.00 southbound Signed as County Road 399: Broad Causeway: North Miami: Surfside: $1.50 Cape Coral Bridge: Cape Coral: McGregor: 0.64 miles (1.03 km) $2.00 $2.00 for add'l axles Card Sound Road: Monroe County: Miami-Dade County: $1.00 Garcon Point Bridge: Gulf Breeze: Milton ...
In 2007, legislation was passed in Florida to index toll rates across the state to the national Consumer price index (CPI), to be enacted by the end of June 2012. As a result, the toll rates on roads on Florida's Turnpike Enterprise were raised on June 24, 2012, an increase of 11.7% to reflect the previous five years.
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The bridge connects the northern part of Florida with the Gulf Coast and was estimated to be used by 50,000 vehicles per day in 2011. The Scenic Highway overpass that runs over and perpendicular to the I-10 bridge (seen running left to right at the very bottom of the above picture) was also replaced by a new bridge in 2015.
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