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I-275 · St. Petersburg ↔ Bradenton
Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Can you cross now, is FL511 reporting a bridge impact, what does the wind mean, and what will the toll cost? Official road status leads; weather only explains the trip around it.
Photo: Sangypot / Wikimedia Commons
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Sunshine Skyway right now
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Connecting to Florida's official traffic sources
Wind alone will never be used to declare the bridge open or closed.
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Closure decisions remain with FDOT/FHP and law enforcement.Open official FL511 ↗
Traffic
Checking FL511Looking for Skyway-specific closure or impact signals.
—official Skyway mentions
—FL511 source health
Toll
All-electronic crossingThe bridge charges once per one-way crossing.
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Florida's Turnpike rate table · effective Apr. 12, 2026.
Context, not closure authority
Wind at the Skyway
—wind context
—next several hours
40+ mphFHP may deem closure necessary
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Official road evidence
Skyway alerts & traffic mentions
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See the bridge
Official Sunshine Skyway camera
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The embedded FL511 camera is visual context only. It is never converted into a measured delay, wind value or bridge status.
Around the crossing
Live Tampa Bay road picture
Use the official FL511 map for traffic speeds, closures, incidents, construction, cameras and detours around I-275. The Skyway decision above stays separate from map visualization so a map failure cannot erase the bridge answer.
FL511 is Florida's official source for real-time traffic information. Camera and map imagery remain supporting evidence, not operational authority by themselves.
How Skyway wind closures work
FDOT guidanceBridges in a potential impact area are monitored for wind and flooding. Once wind speeds increase beyond 40 mph, FHP may deem closure necessary.
Who closes it?Florida Highway Patrol / law enforcement implements the traffic stop. This page does not substitute a weather threshold for that official decision.
What the weather does hereNWS wind and alerts can raise the page's caution context, especially for motorcycles, RVs, trailers and high-profile vehicles, but never create a legal vehicle ban or closure.
Current Skyway toll rules
Florida's Turnpike Enterprise lists the same current Sunshine Skyway I-275 rates at the North and South plazas. The North Plaza handles southbound traffic; the South Plaza handles northbound traffic. Collection is all-electronic.
2 axles$1.16 SunPass · $1.62 Toll-By-Plate
3 axles$2.32 SunPass · $3.24 Toll-By-Plate
4 axles$3.48 SunPass · $4.86 Toll-By-Plate
5 axles$4.64 SunPass · $6.48 Toll-By-Plate
Additional axles+$1.16 each with SunPass · +$1.62 each with Toll-By-Plate
Bridge decision network
Other live crossing tools
The same decision-first architecture is used across bridge and crossing tools: official status first, vehicle or trip consequence second, supporting weather and cameras after the answer.