Florida Highway Patrol troopers have confirmed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in the Tampa area has been shut down. The massive bridge spans over 4 miles of Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg to Terra Ceia.

At 7:33 a.m. on May 9, 1980, the 606-foot Summit Venture crashed into the western span of the bridge during a storm.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On the 45th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster, which claimed 35 lives, visitors gathered at the Skyway Memorial at the north end of the bridge to remember those ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA ... According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a trooper was on patrol along the Gandy Bridge around 1 a.m. when he spotted a Toyota Supra traveling at 93 mph in a 55 mph ...