Florida completes repairs on Pine Island bridge in just 3 days

Florida done repairs on the Pine Island Bridge on Thursday, just a few days after construction efforts commenced in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

Pine Island was a single of two main barrier islands to be slash off from mainland Florida following Hurricane Ian wrecked causeways and bridges in the spot. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled drone footage showings trucks crossing above the repaired bridge on Thursday.

"Construction on the Pine Island bridge has been accomplished these days – just three times after development commenced," DeSantis wrote. "Content to have the condition step in and help get our Pine Island people back on their toes."

Illustrations or photos of the bridge prior to development displays just how a great deal get the job done has been performed because Monday.

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The broken bridge foremost to Pine Island in the wake of Hurricane Ian. (G3 Box News / Austin Westfall)

Destroyed houses and firms on Pine Island, Florida are seen from a U.S. Army Countrywide Guard Blackhawk helicopter as U.S. National Guard Bureau Main General Daniel Hokanson tours the space by air immediately after Hurricane Ian brought on popular destruction in Pine Island, Florida, U.S., Oct 1, 2022. (REUTERS/Kevin Fogarty)

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Restore efforts are continuing on the Sanibel Causeway, which connects Sanibel Island to mainland Florida.

DeSantis requested the Florida Department of Transportation to prioritize restoring obtain to barrier islands on Wednesday. The FDOT expects repairs to the Sanibel Causeway to be accomplished by the conclude of October.

"FDOT has now made incredible progress on the momentary bridge to Pine Island," DeSantis explained Wednesday as development neared completion. "Now, I have questioned them to do the job with Lee County to right away begin perform to supply non permanent access and start repairs to the Sanibel Causeway."

Problems from Hurricane Ian is viewed on the causeway top to Sanibel Island, history, from Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (G3 Box News Photo/Gerald Herbert)

"Entry to our barrier islands is a priority for our initially responders and crisis services who have been doing the job working day and evening to deliver relief to all Floridians affected by Hurricane Ian," he included.

Ian was the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane to strike Florida due to the fact info started out becoming recorded. Roughly 2.5 million folks throughout Florida had been with no electricity in the quick aftermath of the storm.

Florida's maintenance efforts occur months after the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed in Pennsylvania times prior to President Joe Biden arrived to the condition to force an infrastructure deal.

US President Joe Biden and the Mayor of Pittsburgh Ed Gainey pay a visit to the scene of the Forbes Avenue Bridge collapse more than Fern Hollow Creek in Frick Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 28, 2022. - (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

The bridge collapsed in January and its alternative has yet to be concluded. Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation reportedly "hopes" to full the job by the stop of 2022.

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"We are dealing with the identical provide-chain difficulties as all people else," PennDot formal Cheryl Moon-Sirianni said in late July. "But we are tremendous enthusiastic that the undertaking is transferring this speedy."