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Seeing what Ian has done — we are broken-hearted. When a once-in-a-lifetime storm decimates the island, you start questioning. You try in vain to wonder what could have been done to protect it ...
A slow march of utility trucks headed to Sanibel Island Tuesday afternoon following temporary repairs to the Sanibel Causeway, which was broken in three locations during Hurricane Ian.. Gov. Ron ...
Hurricane Ian washed away several portions of the Sanibel Causeway, a series of bridges linking the island to the rest of the state. It will require structural rebuilds, Florida's governor says.
Access to Sanibel is via the 3-mile-long Sanibel Causeway, which remains closed to anyone who isn’t a worker or property owner. Police patrol the entrance to the bridge, checking that car ...
A slow march of utility trucks headed to Sanibel Island near Fort Myers, Fla., on Oct. 11 following temporary repairs to the Sanibel Causeway, which was broken in three locations during Hurricane Ian.
After being broken in multiple spots by Hurricane Ian, the Sanibel Causeway Bridge was reopened Tuesday afternoon to essential personnel and emergency work crews. On both Tuesday and Wednesday ...
SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. — The Sanibel Causeway has been temporarily fixed. A convoy of trucks drove across the bridge Tuesday so that crews could start repairing the power grids in Sanibel and Captiva.
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 missing leg of the iconic Sanibel Lighthouse was located this week, almost a month after Hurricane Ian ravaged the tiny island and historic landmark. The leg was found broken in three pieces ...
SANIBEL, Fla. (AP) — The causeway washed out by Hurricane Ian that links Sanibel Island to the Florida mainland reopened with temporary repairs on Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. The 3 ...
The Sanibel Causeway spans San Carlos Bay and connects Sanibel Island with Punta Rassa. It consists of three separate bridge spans and two-man-made islands between them. Before the causeway, and ...
The barrier island of about 6,000 remains severed from the mainland after 150 mph winds drove a storm surge that collapsed Sanibel’s causeway bridge nearly two weeks ago.