Escambia Bay Bridge

Escambia Bay Bridge

The Escambia Bay Bridge is a six-lane freeway bridge that crosses the Escambia Bay near Pensacola, Florida. The bridge is part of Interstate 10 and was damaged during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. [cite web
url=http://www.escambiabaybridge.com/
title=Bridge Replacement over Escambia Bay
publisher=Florida Department of Transportation
accessdate=2007-08-14
] The storm heavily damaged the bridge. It knocked 58 spans off the eastbound and westbound bridges and misaligned another 66 spans causing the bridge to close to traffic in both directions. [cite web
url=http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA511040.html
title=Repairing Florida's Escambia Bay Bridge
publisher=ACP Construction
accessdate=2007-08-14
] Construction on a new bridge to replace the one damaged by Hurrican Ivan began in early 2006. Unlike the previous bridge, this one adds one lane in both directions, making a total of six lanes (three eastbound and three westbound). The westbound portion of the bridge opened on December 12, 2007.cite web |url=http://www.escambiabaybridge.com |title=Replacement of I-10 Bridges |accessdate=2008-04-09 |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation]

This essential bridge connects the northern part of Florida with the Gulf Coast and is used by an estimated 25,000 vehicles a day.

References

External links

* [http://www.dep.state.fl.us/mainpage/em/2005/dennis/news/0711_04.htm Escambia Bay Bridge Reopens to Traffic]
* [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=25259 Florida Army National Guard Secures Escambia Bay Bridge]
* [http://www.dot.state.fl.us/Structures/botm/EscambiaI10/Escambia.htm Bridge photos from Florida DOT]


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