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Slideshow: Sunshine Skyway Bridge's 1987 dedication

Published February 8, 2017
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The Sunshine Skyway Bridge was dedicated back on February 7, 1987. Crowds of people were invited to walk the span and get an up-close look at what was billed as the longest cable-stayed bridge in the western hemisphere. 

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