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Sunshine Skyway Bridge, St. Petersburg, FL

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Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Drive over Tampa Bay on a four-mile cable-stayed bridge, or view the whole span from the old-bridge fishing piers.

I-275 / US 19 across the mouth of Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg, FL

About Sunshine Skyway Bridge

The Sunshine Skyway carries I-275 and US 19 across the mouth of Tampa Bay for 4.14 miles, rising to give ships 181 feet of clearance. The cable-stayed span opened in 1987 to replace the bridge struck by a freighter in 1980. For a look at the whole structure, head to Skyway Fishing Pier State Park, where approaches of the old bridge now serve as fishing piers, and stay after dark to see more than 1,800 LEDs light the span.

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