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View from south

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Driving across

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View from north

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View from Anna Maria Island

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Fishing pier along old bridge approach

Facts

Overview: Cable-stayed bridge over Tampa Bay on I-275/US 19 at Saint Petersburg
Location: Pinellas County, Florida
Status: Open to four lanes of traffic
History: Opened to traffic April 20, 1987
Builders: - American Bridge Co. of New York (Construction)
- Figg & Muller Engineering Group (Design)
Design: Cable-stayed
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 1,200.0 ft.
Total length: 29,040.0 ft.
Also called: The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge (official name)
Suicide Skyway (sometimes used by locals due to its reputation of bridge jumpers)
Inventory number: BH 12495 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2006): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 29.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 42,500

Update Log

August 28, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
February 26, 2007: Posted new photos

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Comments

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Posted July 4, 2008, by Jeremiah

This is ridiculous that I can't find out the height of the skyway bridge on a sight that is supposedly devoted to nothing but skyway facts! Get it together.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Posted June 25, 2008, by Veronica Bell (Veronicab [at] tampabay [dot] rr [dot] com)

I'm interested in finding out the heights of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. (the highest point)

Thanks

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Posted March 25, 2008, by kina (amen1234 [at] comcast [dot] net)

This Page really didn't help me at all, but some of the pictures were pretty cool. It was fun for observing, you just need a couple more fun facts about the bridge. I am doing a project for structural engineering about the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, and not only are you a website that needs more, but others are worse. I am not putting you down I think it is fabulous that you worked hard to get this website, but just a few more updates is all that I would ask for. THANKS any way

~Kina

a bridge nere the sherif station.

Posted April 30, 2007, by mario shillito (shillito_mario [at] yahoo [dot] com)

theres this bridge in the woods nere the sherif station i was qurius obout it,it look's old it's got writeing on it it's white and tall so if you can e-m me back okay thank u so much...

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Posted December 14, 2006, by Randy Brush

More photo and find out of old bridge and new bridge. You see Wikipedia. What happen old bridge was collasped since 1980. thank you.