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 ...

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UPDATE 9:46 A.M. SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) has released more details after a person was found deceased on the Skyway Bridge in Manatee County on September 2. FHP said ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating after finding a man dead at one of the Skyway Fishing Piers. Troopers responded to the south side of the pier on I-275 around 4:20 a.m.

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.

Angel Cruz frequents the Skyway Fishing Pier almost every day. He has discovered a few casts in the water could always produce a lifetime memory. With this in mind, he enjoys the quiet relaxing time ...