I thought I remember it being suspended after a storm too - I was in town, which means everyone was back from any evacuation as I really err on the side of caution w/ storms.
New highway 331 bridge in Walton County
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I thought I remember it being suspended after a storm too - I was in town, which means everyone was back from any evacuation as I really err on the side of caution w/ storms.
They also suspend tolls on the MBB if US 98 across Okaloosa Island is totally closed and looks to be so for a longer period of time. When Ike put that part of 98 under water last summer, we got two days of suspended tolls from it.
That's what I was thinking of!
I wonder if they'll have any trouble with the Unexploded Ordinance that is in the bay mud adjacent to the 331 bridge. The military has already located several including 1 that looks to be a 1,500 bomb. That's the MUDS and UXO study.
Hope someone lets us know when they plan on moving that unexploded ordinance. I may make a timed trial run up already four-laned 79 across already four-laned West Bay Bridge next time I head up to NoWal from SoWal. I'll have to decide whether I want to cut back all the way on 20 to new 331 bypass in Freeport or take 81 and other scenic backroads in to town. Any plans for a toll on that bridge? Until the new Panama City - Bay County airport opens near West Bay, traffic should be easy. Miles may be more, but time may be better with construction delays. I've been wanting to make that trip again anyway.
No, Bay County got their bridge paid for by the state. No tolls there. IIRC they got a demycrat to push it through.
If you ever get ahold of the navigational charts for Choctaw Bay, there's a good chunk of area designated as 'here be the dragons and old (and hopefully) inert munitions'
No big deal if you're boating over that area, but when you start talking about digging down for bridge supports, it's a whole other ballgame.
No big deal if you're boating over that area, but when you start talking about digging down for bridge supports, it's a whole other ballgame.
Typically, tolls are instituted as a way of paying back construction bonds without burdening the taxpayers with the cost. After the bonds are repaid, the powers that be wind up with a revenue generator that can be used for bridge repairs and other necessities.