CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — After nearly three years of closures, detours, and frustration, Charlotte County residents are celebrating the long-awaited reopening of the Gillot Boulevard Bridge, which had collapsed into the Myakka River.
A Bridge That Crumbled into the River
The bridge’s condition had steadily worsened until it finally gave way, leaving the community cut off and forcing emergency services, school buses, and families to navigate lengthy detours.
Local resident Larry Harrison described the damage vividly.
“It looked just like Niagara Falls. And now look at it,” Harrison told WINK News…