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The Gulf Islands Ferry service will now connect Manatee County residents and tourists to Anna Maria Island five days per week ...
ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Starting Jan. 23, 2025, the Gulf Islands Ferry will have a two-stop system from the Bradenton Riverwalk Pier to the Historic Bridge Street Pier on Anna Maria ...
The Cortez Bridge to Anna Maria Island is only open for emergency responders after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 10, 2024. Tiffany Tompkins [email protected] Anna Maria Island is still closed and ...
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A busy bay area bridge is now open again after crews repaired a gaping hole. As the Anna Maria Island Bridge gets older, 8 On Your Side is asking what drivers are ...
Heavy rainfall caused the hole in a Florida bridge that leads to popular tourist spot Anna Maria Island on Florida’s Gulf Coast, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.
ANNA MARIA, Fla. — The main throughway on and off Anna Maria Island is back open after a hole appeared on the bridge Wednesday morning, the Florida Department of Transportation said. Recent ...
BRADENTON, Fla. — The Anna Maria Island Bridge was reopened early morning Thursday, just in time for the Labor Day rush to the beach. On Thursday afternoon, one lane had to be shut down ...
(WFLA) — Repairs to fix a hole in the road closed most lanes on Anna Maria Island Bridge on Wednesday, the Florida Department of Transportation announced. On Thursday, both lanes reopened to the ...
A needed roadway repair has shut down some lanes on the Anna Maria Island Bridge leaving only one lane open. Drivers are being urged to find an alternate route. A flagging operation is in place ...
The three bridges serving Anna Maria Island are all low-level drawbridges built in the 1950s, and two — the Cortez Bridge and the Anna Maria Bridge — are scheduled to be replaced by high-rise ...