The Florida Department of Transportation recently closed the southern Skyway Fishing Pier due to safety concerns, ending ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla — The Skyway Fishing Pier is the longest fishing pier in the world. Nearly 200,00 people visit each year. "It’s calm, a good place to decompress, and overall a good place to go ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Anyone who is planning to take a trip to the Skyway Bridge Fishing Pier – heads up. Parts of the pier will be temporarily closed this week, park officials announced. The south ...

Several new rules meant to reduce seabird entanglements in fishing gear could be coming to the popular fishing spot. Max Chesnes is the Tampa Bay Times' environment and climate reporter, covering ...

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.

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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.

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 ...