FDOT Pensacola Bay Bridge

The Pensacola Bay Bridge, also known locally as the Three-Mile Bridge, runs between downtown Pensacola and Gulf Breeze, Florida. It carries six lanes of U.S. Highway 98 across Pensacola Bay. The contractor for the bridge was Skanska and the project site has a highly variable subsurface condition. The soil profile consists of a very loose overburden layer of 30-40 feet of silty sand and medium-dense bearing layers located 120-250 feet deep. To meet the site challenges, avoid field-spliced piles, and obtain the required capacity at end-of drive conditions, custom pre-stressed concrete piles were developed to support the structure. BHATE provided all precast pre-stressed foundation and bridge structural member inspections and concrete materials testing for Skanska on this significant project.