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Manual bridge barrier opening Wednesday

April 16, 2026
By Staff Report

On April 15, vehicular traffic along the Boca Grande Causeway at around at 1:40 p.m. was delayed for approximately 40 minutes when the swing bridge barrier gates malfunctioned and would not raise up. The bridge system has manual redundancies in place to allow for opening. Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority maintenance was able to jump into […]

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