Florida completed repairs on the Pine Island Bridge on Thursday, just three days after construction efforts began in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Pine Island was one of two major barrier islands to ...

The Florida Department of Trans-portation has issued the following update on the Pine Island Road Causeway and Bridge Permanent Repairs project. Construction project:  Phase 2 of construction has ...

PINE ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron Desantis and the Florida Department of Transportation announced on Wednesday that a temporary bridge to Pine Island has been completed in less than three days.

To our valued community, we’re pleased to resume updates on the Little Pine Island Bridge construction. While updates may no ...

For the first time since late last year, the bridge that connects Pine Island and Matlacha was open to two lanes of traffic again. It had been just one lane when the Florida Department of ...

UPDATE: The Florida Department of Transportation has begun its project on time. The Pine Island Bridge project is facing another delay, causing frustration among residents and local businesses.

To get to Pine Island from mainland Florida, drivers must first go over a bridge and through Matlacha, an island community of about 600 people -- many are commercial fishermen. Residents there ...

For the second time this week, the Florida Department of Transportation has announced intermittent closures for Lee County's ...

A little bridge has been causing some big problems in one corner of Southwest Florida this winter. Not to be forgotten is the Florida Department of Transportation's Little Pine Island Bridge project.

PINE ISLAND, Fla. — Pine Island, a barrier island off of Florida's southwest coast, only had one link to the mainland — a bridge that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian and is now impassible.

The project started in late 2024 and is only in Phase 1 of three phases. The work is causing stress for resident, business owners and tourists.

Southwest Florida is still in rebuilding and recovery mode from recent hurricanes. It started in September of 2022 with Hurricane Ian, a historic, deadly and destructive powerful Category 4 storm ...