Sunshine Skyway Bridge
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Captain's Corner: Adjust to fishing conditionsLoaded with live shrimp and fiddler crabs for bait, we headed to a man-made rock pile in the bay located in 12 feet of water close to the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The water was much cleaner there, giving us confidence. As soon as the... In this article: Tampa Bay, Tommy Hilfiger, and Sunshine Skyway Bridge |
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St. Petersburg Times | 6 days ago
Captain's Corner: Bait schools regrouping on Florida's west coast after Tropical Storm Ida
...left. Recovery key: The key to recovery is bait schools getting back together, and they have begun to do that. A sightseeing trip to the Sunshine Skyway fishing piers early Saturday revealed plenty of bait at both. We observed anglers at each...
In this article: Florida, Tampa Bay, and Sunshine Skyway
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Praise the roof! These clubs offer a breath of fresh air
...view: Atop this historic seafood restaurant, take in a 360-degree panorama that includes the Don CeSar Beach Resort, Boca Ciega Bay, Sunshine Skyway Bridge and at certain times of the year, stone crabbers pulling up their traps. At dusk,...
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Authorities rescue would-be jumper on Sunshine Skyway
...Video Search Site Web Archives - back to 1987 Google Newspaper Archive - back to 1901 Authorities rescue would-be jumper on Sunshine Skyway He's rarely surprised by what he sees on the job. But five hours into his 24-hour shift...
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Captains corner: Spanish and king mackerel liven up the month
...channel, John's Pass, Clearwater Pass and Bunces Pass. They're also tearing up glass minnows along the shipping channel from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to Gandy Bridge. Either anchoring or drifting will produce limits of fish. Hook...
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Sunshine Skyway tragedy reveals two lives taking very different paths
...Laird shot his former wife, Sheryl, dead in her home, put her in the trunk of her car and drove some 60 miles to the tallest part of the Sunshine Skyway bridge. He stopped in the breakdown lane on the southbound span. He got out of the car,...
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Memorial fund set for daughter of couple dead in Skyway horror
Search Site Web Archives - back to 1987 Google Newspaper Archive - back to 1901 Memorial fund set for daughter of couple dead in Skyway horror LAKELAND - A memorial fund has been set up for the daughter of Sheryl Partington Laird, the...
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Miami Herald - Florida | October 14, 2009
Body in car identified as ex-wife of bridge jumper
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Authorities have identified the burned body found in a car on the Sunshine Skyway bridge as a central Florida woman whose ex-husband drove the car there before jumping to his death. Lakeland police identified the...
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Police say man made trip to daughter's school on day he killed ex-wife and jumped from Skyway
...Google Newspaper Archive - back to 1901 Police say man made trip to daughter's school on day he killed ex-wife and jumped from Skyway Sheryl Laird, 39, and Robert Laird, 38, divorced in 2006 but had a child support hearing scheduled for...
In this article: Sunshine Skyway, Injunction, and Suicide
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Skyway tragedies tarnish span's reputation for architectural beauty
Search Site Web Archives - back to 1987 Google Newspaper Archive - back to 1901 The Sunshine Skyway opened 22 years ago with a ribbon-cutting and speeches, hailing the structure as an engineering marvel and a symbol of the Tampa Bay...
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Passing driver takes photo of Skyway horror
Search Site Web Archives - back to 1987 Google Newspaper Archive - back to 1901 Passing driver takes photo of Skyway horror Dan Aberg, an IT expert for a Sarasota-based company, was driving over the Sunshine Skyway Monday afternoon when...
In this article: Sunshine Skyway, Sarasota, and St. Petersburg Times
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The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, spanning Florida's Tampa Bay, is the world's longest bridge with a cable-stayed main span, with a length of 29,040 feet (exactly 5.5 miles or approximately 8.85 km). It is part of I-275 (SR 93) and US 19 (SR 55), connecting St. Petersburg in Pinellas County and Terra Ceia in Manatee County, Florida, passing through Hillsborough County waters. Construction of the current bridge began in 1982, and the completed bridge was dedicated on February 7, 1987. The new bridge cost $244 million to build, and was opened to traffic on April 20, 1987.
It is constructed of steel and concrete. Twenty-one steel cables clad in nine-inch steel tubes along the center line of the bridge support the structure. It was designed by the Figg & Muller Engineering Group, and built by the American Bridge Company.
In November 2005, an act of Florida Legislature officially named the current bridge the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, after the Governor of Florida who presided over its design and most of its construction. According to sources, he was inspired to suggest the current design by a visit to France, where he saw a similar cable-stayed bridge. The original bridge was dedicated to state engineer William E Dean, as noted on a plaque displayed at the south rest area of the bridge.
The Travel Channel rated the Sunshine Skyway #3 in its special on the "Top 10 Bridges" in the World. The bridge is considered the "flag bridge" of Florida.
- Name:
- The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge
- Open:
- April 20, 1987
- Crosses:
- Tampa Bay
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