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 ...

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.

A temporary bridge is in place for Pine Island, Fla., after state officials ... President Joe Biden (D) joined Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Oct. 5 in touring the hardest-hit parts of the ...

Hurricane Ian significantly damaged the roadway leading to the bridge, preventing thousands of residents from Pine Island in Southwest Florida from returning to their homes after they evacuated ...

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 ...

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

According to the Florida Department of Transportation, reconstruction of the Little Pine Island Bridge will continue, this time reducing the roads down to one lane. This is all part of phase one ...

The largest barrier island ... Florida's Gulf Coast has been largely cut off from the outside world after Hurricane Ian heavily damaged its causeway but a temporary roadway was opening Wednesday ...

The Little Pine Island Bridge has been a main focus of recovery for southwest Florida since Hurricane Ian damaged it in 2022, but construction has been a headache for people on the island since then.

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.

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

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 ...