TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Part of the Skyway Fishing Pier is shutting down on Monday after the Florida Department of Transportation recently completed structural inspections. “Vehicle and pedestrian access ...
Nearly half of the south Skyway Fishing Pier State Park — located on the Manatee County side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge — is set to close indefinitely. The Florida State Parks website, run by the ...
The entrance to the south Skyway fishing pier runs alongside I275 to the Skyway north. When the original Sunshine Skyway bridge opened in 1954, it was given a 50-year life span. A second bridge, built ...
Jay Cross is probably the most knowledgeable angler that fishes the Skyway Fishing Piers. “I’ll get off work and fish for a little while. It all depends how the fishing is going,” Cross, who is known ...
Jay Cross is probably the most knowledgeable angler that fishes the Skyway Fishing Piers. “I’ll get off work and fish for a little while. It all depends how the fishing is going,” Cross, who is known ...
When the original Sunshine Skyway bridge opened in 1954, it was given a 50-year life span. A second bridge, built in 1969 and opened in 1971 to allow double the cars, was given a similar lifespan.