Maneuvering through flooded roads in Fort Myers
The rain could cause flooding, adding to the already tricky traffic on First Street before the Edison Bridge.
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The rain could cause flooding, adding to the already tricky traffic on First Street before the Edison Bridge.
Patience is a virtue, but some drivers trying to get to the Edison Bridge had another idea to skip traffic: Cutting through the Big Lots parking lot at US 41 and Pondella Road.
First Street in downtown Fort Myers has seen bumper-to-bumper traffic between 4-6:30 p.m. since the Caloosahatchee Bridge was closed.
The pain of recent periodic closures on the Caloosahatchee River Bridge due to a construction project is expected to be mitigated by a 10-week total shutdown of the U.S. 41 span that will begin May 31.
The Florida Department of Transportation has made the decision to close the Caloosahatchee Bridge for 10 weeks while crews work on the bridge.