The new Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge is on schedule. Construction of the $72 million project, is scheduled for completion between fall of 2009 and spring of 2010. The new bridge will replace the current 57-year-old drawbridge.
The new bridge will be tall enough not to have to be opened for vessels passing underneath. It will be the tallest bridge in Pinellas County on the Intracoastal Waterway.
As a safety precaution, traffic is interrupted each time one of the 200-foot-long beams is hoisted into place from a barge. Traffic has been interrupted throughout construction when cement was delivered for the 32 piers raised to support the road surface. So far, 9 of those piers are in the water.
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