Photos
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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 |
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Looking north towards St. Petersburg Photo taken by Joe Herrington in June 2007 |
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Looking north towards St. Petersburg Photo taken by Joe Herrington in June 2007 |
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Looking north towards St. Petersburg Photo taken by Joe Herrington in June 2007 |
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The cables of the southern tower tethered to the main deck Photo taken by Joe Herrington in June 2007 |
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The meeting of the central sections of cable from the north and south towers. Photo taken by Joe Herrington in June 2007 |
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The south tower and its cables. Photo taken by Joe Herrington in June 2007 |
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The northern tower's cables and the entrance to St. Petersburg. Photo taken by Joe Herrington in June 2007 |
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
- Figg & Muller Engineering Group
- Design
- Cable-stayed
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 1,200.0 ft.
Total length: 29,040.0 ft.
Deck width: 94 ft.
- Also called
- The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge (official name)
Suicide Skyway (sometimes used by locals due to its reputation of bridge jumpers) - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +27.62500, -82.65833 (decimal degrees)
27°37'30" N, 82°39'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/336374/3056760 (zone/easting/northing)
- 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)
Sufficiency rating: 68.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 50,500
Update Log
- February 17, 2009: New photos from Joe Herrington
- January 6, 2009: Updated by Harvey Henkelmann
- August 28, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
- February 26, 2007: Posted new photos
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Kim Harvey - ayrlieofremora [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Skyway Bridge jumperpool
- Harvey Henkelmann - harveyhenkelmann [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Joe Herrington - captainmarino [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
This is a site devoted to historic bridges. The criterion that I have heard the most for "how old is historic?", is around 50 years. Now some cases can be made for spans that are not quite this old, but this bridge (although unique) would not be considered historic. Some bridges do get posted on this site simply because they are bridges, and not because they are historic.
That being said.....I would recommend that anyone wanting information on this bridge should contact the Pinellas County, Florida or the Tampa-St.Pete Tourism Bureau and they should be able to direct you.
Thanks
MORE INFO
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.
I'm interested in finding out the heights of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. (the highest point)
Thanks
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
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...
More photo and find out of old bridge and new bridge. You see Wikipedia. What happen old bridge was collasped since 1980. thank you.