If you’ll be in the Keys on Saturday, April 5, be aware that the Seven Mile Brid

If you’ll be in the Keys on Saturday, April 5, be aware that the Seven Mile Bridge will close for three hours starting at 6 a.m. to accommodate the annual Seven Mile Bridge Run. Here’s the announcement from our Tourism Development Council: The Seven Mile Bridge, longest of 42 bridges that help comprise the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, is to close to traffic in both directions at 6 a.m. Saturday, April 5 for three hours for the annual Seven Mile Bridge Run.
The bridge is scheduled to reopen to traffic promptly at 9 a.m., according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Visitors and residents in Key West and the Lower Keys expecting to drive early Saturday to Miami or Fort Lauderdale International airports or other destinations out of the Keys must be aware that there will be no way for traffic to cross the bridge between 6 and 9 a.m.
Likewise, those planning trips down to the Lower Keys and Key West on Saturday morning need to be aware of the delay in crossing the Seven Mile Bridge.
Everyone is advised to plan ahead and confirm details with transportation providers.
The annual competition is limited to 1,500 participants who must all complete the run in time for the 9 a.m. bridge reopening.
The race was begun in 1982 to help celebrate the completion of the then-new Seven Mile Bridge as well as 36 other new spans on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway.
Event information: 7mbrun.com



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