{"id":157954,"date":"2026-02-17T02:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157954\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T02:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:20:11","slug":"issue-with-steel-welds-causes-lane-closure-on-wilson-pigott-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157954\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue with steel welds causes lane closure on Wilson Pigott Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The southbound lane of a busy Lee County drawbridge on State Road 31 will be shut down tonight starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Wilson Pigott Bridge is a crucial connection over the Caloosahatchee River near the Boathouse Restaurant Fort Myers and on to Babcock Ranch and Charlotte County.<\/p>\n

The 65-year-old bridge needs emergency repairs to the steel grid deck on the drawbridge to maintain safe operations.<\/p>\n

Several welds in the southbound lane have broken.<\/p>\n

The Florida Department Of Transportation says traffic will flow in both directions through a flagging operation.<\/p>\n

If you are driving over the bridge, you can expect delays, but be patient and extra careful as crews are working to make the repairs safely.<\/p>\n

They expect to finish the work by 4 a.m. and reopen all southbound lane before dawn.<\/p>\n

Drivers are encouraged to seek the latest traffic information by visiting www.FL511.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and\u00a0donate\u00a0<\/a>now. Thank you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The southbound lane of a busy Lee County drawbridge on State Road 31 will be shut down tonight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-157954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}