Gov. Ron DeSantis announced major upgrades for Sunshine Skyway fishing piers last month, and anglers who frequent the piers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The south Sunshine Skyway Bridge Fishing Pier is pictured along Tampa Bay in this September 2024 Bradenton Herald file photo.

DeSantis said the south pier will be replaced with a new structure built next to the damaged one. He added that the north pier will be improved to extend its lifespan by two decades. DeSantis said the ...

A stretch of Skyway Fishing Pier State Park on the Manatee County side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge is shutting down indefinitely. The Florida State Parks website, run by the Florida Department of ...

Nearly half of the south Skyway Fishing Pier State Park — located on the Manatee County side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge — is set to close indefinitely. The Florida State Parks website, run by the ...

When the original Sunshine Skyway bridge opened in 1954, it was given a 50-year life span. A second bridge, built in 1969 and opened in 1971 to allow double the cars, was given a similar lifespan.