Pensacola Bay Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 30°23′46″N 87°11′08″W / 30.395983°N 87.185644°W |
Carries | 6 lanes of US 98 / SR 30 |
Crosses | Pensacola Bay |
Locale | Pensacola, Florida, and Gulf Breeze, Florida, U.S. |
Official name | Philip Dane Beall Sr., Memorial Bridge (Previous Bridge) Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. Bridge (Both Eastbound and Westbound bridges of new project) |
Maintained by | Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) |
ID number | 480035 |
Website | pensacolabaybridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Reinforced concrete girder bridge |
Total length | 16,140 feet (4,920 meters) |
Width | 55 feet (17 meters) |
Longest span | 377 feet (115 meters) |
Clearance below | 65 feet (20 meters) |
History | |
Opened | June 13, 1931 (original bridge) October 31, 1960 (second bridge) September 5, 2019 (current bridge, eastbound span) February 14, 2023 (current bridge, westbound span) [1] |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 485,864,334 [2] |
Location | |
The Pensacola Bay Bridge, also known locally as the Three-Mile Bridge, runs between downtown Pensacola, Florida, and Gulf Breeze, Florida. It carries six lanes of U.S. Highway 98 across Pensacola Bay.