TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Part of the Skyway Fishing Pier is shutting down on Monday after the Florida Department of Transportation recently completed structural inspections. “Vehicle and pedestrian access ...

Nearly half of the south Skyway Fishing Pier State Park — located on the Manatee County side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge — is set to close indefinitely. The Florida State Parks website, run by the ...

When the original Sunshine Skyway bridge opened in 1954, it was given a 50-year life span. A second bridge, built in 1969 and opened in 1971 to allow double the cars, was given a similar lifespan.

Troopers are conducting a death investigation along the South Skyway Fishing Pier on Tuesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol says it appears to involve a vehicle with one person inside. No further ...

UPDATE 9:46 A.M. SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) has released more details after a person was found deceased on the Skyway Bridge in Manatee County on September 2. FHP said ...

The Florida Highway Patrol says troopers found a 41-year-old man dead inside an Chevrolet SUV parked at the Skyway Fishin Pier in Manatee County early Tuesday morning. The fisher pier is pictured in ...

The entrance to the south Skyway fishing pier runs alongside I275 to the Skyway north. When the original Sunshine Skyway bridge opened in 1954, it was given a 50-year life span. A second bridge, built ...