In 2008, the eastern bridge, built in 1954, was closed to fishing. It had a 54-year lifespan when it was deemed structurally ...

Part of the Skyway Fishing Pier is shutting down on Monday after the Florida Department of Transportation recently completed ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — The Sunshine Skyway Bridge was briefly closed on Saturday, Jan. 6 due to high winds, the Florida Highway Patrol said. In a tweet sent around 10:15 a.m., the FHP says the Skyway ...

The original Sunshine Skyway Bridge opened in 1954, with an addition in 1969 to make it a four-lane bridge, according to the ...

Nearly half of the south Skyway Fishing Pier State Park — located on the Manatee County side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge — ...

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge seen from the fishing pier on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Tiffany Tompkins [email protected] Florida Highway Patrol troopers have reopened all lanes of the Sunshine ...

TAMPA, Fla. - The shocking collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning gives people in the Bay Area some frightening flashbacks to another disaster. Just under 44 years ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Thursday marks 44 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy. On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six cars, a truck ...

Florida’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge will not be displaying rainbow lights this year and will instead be lit with red, white, and blue lights for over three months. The bridge, which serves as a gateway ...