For the most part, Hurricane Dennis spared the Florida Panhandle highway infrastructure, hit so hard in 2004 by Hurricane Ivan, of further destruction.
Florida Dept. of Transportation feared that the Escambia Bay Bridge would sustain further damage from the Category 4 hurricane as it swept across Cuba. The storm weakened to a Category 3 before its eye made landfall between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach. The strongest worst winds were east of Escambia Bay.