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.
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.
Gandy Bridge partially reopens; other Tampa Bay bridges remain closed after Helene
The westbound lanes of the Gandy Bridge reopened Friday morning after Hurricane Helene lashed the region. The eastbound lanes remain closed. The Howard Frankland Bridge and Courtney Campbell Causeway, as well as the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, are still closed.
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