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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 ...
In 2020, Pensacola Beach took the brunt of the storm from Hurricane Sally, seeing widespread wind damage, storm surge flooding, and over 20 inches (510 mm) of rainfall. [12] [13] A section of the Pensacola Bay Bridge (known to locals as the Three Mile Bridge) was destroyed during Hurricane Sally. [14]
The original four-lane bridge opened in 1968. It consisted of twin spans of two lanes each with no shoulders and was heavily damaged during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. [2] The storm surge knocked a total of 58 spans off the eastbound and westbound bridges and misaligned another 66 spans, causing the bridge to close to traffic in both directions. [3]
Live web cameras around the Myrtle Beach area allow people to watch the beach as Hurricane Ian approaches S.C.
From west to east, the bridges crossing Santa Rosa Sound, including the names of communities on both sides of the bridge (mainland side, followed by island side) and center span clearances above mean sea level, are: Bob Sikes Bridge (CR 399, commonly the "Pensacola Beach Bridge"): Gulf Breeze to Pensacola Beach (65 feet clearance)
The twin-engine boat hit the bridge “at a high rate of speed” around 2 .m. Monday, said Kristen Livengood, a Monroe County Fire Rescue spokeswoman. Body-cam footage shows rescue of child ...
The Edison Bridge seen in the foreground, with the Caloosahatchee River Bridge in the background and downtown Fort Myers to the left The Isaiah D. Hart Bridge , as seen from TIAA Bank Field While the Courtney Campbell Causeway itself is almost 10 mi (16.1 km) long, its longest over-water span (center-left) is just over one half-mile (804.7m) long.
Footage of the incident was captured by a live webcam. A container ship crashed into the structure at around 01:30am ET, causing a section of the 1.6-mile, four-lane bridge to tumble into the ...