Third and Fourth Gandy Bridges
A third span was opened to traffic on October 20, 1975 and was originally without street lighting. This replaced the original span which was immediately dismantled.
On December 21, 1996, another parallel span was built in between the two existing spans to replace the aging 1956 bridge. The new bridge was initially opened to eastbound traffic while the 1975 bridge was closed to allow FDOT to install street lighting and conduct other bridge work. Westbound traffic at that time continued to utilize the 1956 bridge. The 1996 bridge was converted to westbound traffic in February 1997.
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