Driving across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Heavy Winds Southbound St. Petersburg, Florida I-275 4K

In this video we'll drive over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge heading southbound on I-275. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning Lower Tampa Bay connecting St. Petersburg, Florida to Terra Ceia. The bridge is 4.14 miles long , 4 lanes wide (94 feet) and 430 feet tall. The bridge passes through three counties, Pinellas County, Hillsborough County and Manatee County. The opening shot you see is from the Rest Area on the south side of the bridge and the shot at the very end is the view of the bridge from Fort De Soto Park on the East Beach.
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[@BabyMario1130]

Whoa! That's some bridge over the ocean!

[@rebeccadetweiler181]

Not the ocean, it’s the Gulf of Mexico.

[@Mario-ss5ye]

Actually thats the Tampa Bay it crosses.

[@vogmar1]

That truck pulling the boat at 8:47 gave me a scare.

[@KevinDaUnicorn]

Impressive, most Impressive

[@TheNewgreatlife]

That is one LONG bridge!

[@spideywhiplash]

I drove over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge for the first time. It was a hair raising experience. Wanted to share it with my British BF. Your video did the trick. Thank you.

[@SquigglyP]

I used to live on Coquina Key, near where the video starts. There was a little apartment complex and my apartment was right on the bay. I could fish from my back porch area. It was maybe the greatest living situation I'll ever have in my life. Super calm area, access to a main highway, out of the way enough that you were dealing with little 25mph roads and tourists didn't know it existed, schools of dolphins and stingrays would swim past my porch on occasion, there were a few egrets and one sometimes grumpy pelican that would just chill out there. I called him 'Bert'. I'd just sit out on my porch and draw, or head over to the pier and draw tourists. Every day felt like I was living that Margaritaville song. EDIT: I dunno how I missed the 54 exit, at the beginning. I thought you were going north the whole time for some reason. I haven't lived here for like 15 years. I miss Tampa. I just got nostalgic and 'drove' around on Google maps for a while. The place has changed a lot. A lot of the construction that was going on is now finished condos and stuff :P

[@ithemeparkOFFICIAL]

The video starts on that side of the bridge from the rest area. I actually filmed it from bother directions and I'll have one more video of it. That sounds like an amazing place to live. I planned on going to both fishing piers to film the bridge, but the weather was too windy. I actually drove across the bridge 4 times and starting filming on Anna Maria Island. I wanted to try and film it from several different angles. I'm going to be returning to this area and filming several beaches in the near future hopefully.

[@ericneumann8509]

I remember going over that old bridge in December 1981

[@danielramsey1959]

Me, in Alaska. ...was in Orlando last year, next trip I must take this drive.

[@laurafaunce6022]

Boy, do I remember that ride! I lived in Sarasota until 2012, and I now live in upstate New York, but I used to love taking that incredible bridge to St. Pete/ Tampa every now and then...Thanks for the memory!

[@LisaAnn365]

I drove over the bridge the week before it collapsed. Very scary. I would not want to be on that bridge in high winds...at all!! Could you feel the wind up there? That guy hauling the boat almost ate it. Were people driving fast?

[@ithemeparkOFFICIAL]

That's crazy. The images of the old bridge after collapsing are absolutely terrifying. Yes, that white jeep, truck with the boat and several others were changing lanes non-stop and driving foolishly. I was going the speed limit and there was a car literally right on my back bumper.

[@CeramicDalmatian]

Lived JUST south of here in Bradenton until August. When I first moved there, crossed this bridge in /stiff/ winds probably a lot like this. Thought I was going to get knocked off the road and into the bay LMAO. I miss Florida /desperately/.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

At least that bridge didn’t break with the gust of winds like that

[@lindatang4955]

Quite far 🌉 bridge

[@ChrisWilliams5605LS]

Skip the first seven minutes. It is just the road, not the bridge and is filled with advertisements.