Has Hurricane Helene closed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay?
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is closed due to high wind as Hurricane Helene impacts the Tampa Bay area. At 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol said wind gusts had reached 60 miles per hour at the Skyway and closed the bridge to traffic. Authorities usually shut down the four-mile bridge when wind speeds hit 40 mph.
Skyway, all three bridges between Pinellas and Hillsborough closed as Helene’s impacts worsen around Tampa Bay
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is closed, as of just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, as outer bands from Hurricane Helene, now a Category 3 hurricane churning in the Gulf of Mexico on its way to landfall in the Big Bend area, bear down on the Tampa Bay area with tropical storm-force winds.
The Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Transportation will close the Sunshine Skyway bridge when wind speeds ...
The off-duty Hillsborough County deputy was hospitalized with serious injuries, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
Both the deputy and the suspected wrong-way driver were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, troopers said.
Hurricane Helene isn’t only expected to damage homes and vehicles; it has already resulted in at least three deaths and one ...
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