"Sunshine Skyway Bridge"

Completed in 1987, the Sunshine Skyway is the world's longest cable-stayed concrete bridge. Carrying I-275 across the mouth of Tampa Bay, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge allows travelers to drive directly across the bay, a 20.53 mile, 26 minute drive, as opposed to driving around the bay, a 66 mile, 1 hour 29 min drive. The bridge is probably the best known of the several dozen cable-stayed bridges that have been built in the United States since the late 1970s. Its popularity may be due to its unique color. The bridges cables are painted a bright taxicab yellow to represent the state of Florida.
In the fall of 2001, during routine inspection, it was found that one of the 536 vertical steel tendons that hold together the bridge's 76 hollow pillars was in need of repair due to corrosion. This prompted the Florida department of transportation to contract for the repair and maintenance of all 76 concrete pillars.
Accu-Cut Concrete Service's Inc. was one of the companies contracted to complete work on the bridge. Accu-Cut's role in the project was to core drill a series of holes inside the bridge pillars to help improve water proofing. Accu-cut Also drilled a series of holes to install two new stairways and used flat sawing applications on areas of the bridge median in order to inspect the cable tie backs.

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