Items Tagged with 'Florida Department of Transportation'

Twin 60-year-old drawbridges spanning the Indian River were replaced with high-span fixed bridges to support growing transportation demands.

The $274.5-million design-build project completes a 25-mile beltway with a new directional system interchange that reduces bridge maintenance by 50% and eliminates problematic merge and weave areas.

In September 2022, Hurricane Ian severed the only access to Sanibel and Captiva islands, stranding more than 6,400 residents and paralyzing emergency response efforts.

Florida has started a $340-million project to widen I-275 in Pinellas County, adding express lanes, bridges and interchange upgrades under the $7-billion Moving Florida Forward program.

Moving Florida Forward calls for general revenue transfers of $4 billion to the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the use of “innovative financing tools, contracting and proposed policies” to deliver the $7-billion program.

The new 507-ft-long South West 1st Street bridge provides a stylish connection between downtown Miami and the Little Havana neighborhood, with a 315-ft double-leaf bascule span across the 125-ft-wide Miami River navigation channel.

When the American Bridge team was awarded the $56.8-million design-build contract to build its replacement, the original Pinellas Bayway bridge had reached the end of its useful life and had no dedicated multimodal capacities—and was often stuck open or closed.