Having a Fort Myers Fourth? Remember, some bridges are closed, other roads too

If you’re coming into Fort Myers for the fourth, you might have a few slowdowns.

Your Fort Myers Community Correspondent, Miyoshi Price, drives these roads daily…

She gives us a heads-up about some road closures.

“It’s kind of a fiasco, but it’ll be over with soon,” says Cape Coral resident Steve Dial.

The Dial family drove from Cape Coral to downtown Fort Myers for the 4th of July festivities.

Miyoshi Price

The Calooshatchee Bridge is closed for repairs, and the Cape Coral Bridge is closed because of the 5k and fireworks.

And that caused some traffic on the holiday.

“Midpoint Bridge is the only one we could take to get here from there,” says Dawn Dial.

“This bridge is closed down the Caloosahatchee, and then when I was going to Fort Myers Beach, we happened to go over there, and it was closed due to the parade,” says another person downtown Fort Myers, Wanda Revolorio.

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