PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — All lanes of the Gandy Bridge are reopened after being shut down due to Hurricane Helene, the Florida Highway Patrol announced on Friday.
As of 7:15 p.m. Friday, all westbound and eastbound lanes of the Gandy Bridge were open.
Many bridges across the area were also closed amid Hurricane Helene's impacts. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge and the Howard Frankland Bridge are also both open.
The Courtney Campbell Causeway remains closed to traffic.
Hurricane Helene brought extreme winds and a record-breaking storm surge to the Tampa Bay area as it made landfall as a powerful Category 4 in the Big Bend region Thursday evening.
Fallen trees damaged homes and cars, and hundreds of calls for service came to different law enforcement and fire rescue agencies across our local counties.
