Causeway connecting Florida mainland to island washed away
Published: Sep. 29, 2022 at 10:45 AM EDT
SANIBEL CAUSEWAY, Fla. (WBBH) – Storm surge from Hurricane Ian washed away part of Florida’s Sanibel Causeway.
The causeway is the only way to get to or from Sanibel and Captiva Islands to the state’s mainland.
The roadway that was washed away is on the ramp up to the causeway’s second bridge.
Ian made landfall Wednesday along the southwestern coast of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane.
It weakened to a tropical storm early Thursday.
Ian is expected to have dropped 12-30 inches of rain across central Florida.
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