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Welcome to the Anna Maria Island Bridge PD&E Study website!

(Updated August 14, 2008)

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District One is conducting a project development and environment (PD&E) study of the Anna Maria Island Bridge on State Road (S.R.) 64 in Manatee County, Florida. The limits of the study are from S.R. 789 to Perico Bay Boulevard, a distance of about two miles. Please see the study location map.

The study will conclude with a determination of whether the bridge will be replaced and, if so, the type of structure that would be built. The existing bridge is over 50 years old and has been classified as obsolete with regard to lack of shoulders, up-to-date barrier walls, and pedestrian and bicycle amenities.

The PD&E study is expected to require about 12 months to complete. Engineering and environmental data is being collected. An analysis of various two-lane replacement alternatives, including drawbridge and fixed bridge designs with varying heights above Sarasota Pass, and the no-build alternative will follow. Alternatives will be presented to the public and government officials at an information workshop and a public hearing.

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