28, 2022, the island suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Ian, which made landfall just to the north of the island as a strong category 4 storm. The Sanibel Causeway partially collapsed during the storm, leaving no road access to the island or nearby Captiva, Florida. Infrastructure Transportation A new three-section causeway bridge to Sanibel was completed during the summer of 2007, with a high-span section replacing the original drawbridge. Multiple sections of the causeway were destroyed in September 2022 by Hurricane Ian, rendering it unusable. Library Sanibel Public Library was built in 1994, and was expanded in 2004. The library houses more than 60,000 titles. Notable people The city's best-known resident is former CIA Director Porter Goss, who spearheaded the island's incorporation, became its first mayor, and represented the area in Congress from 1989 until his appointment as CIA Director in 2004. Other notable people who reside or used to reside on Sanibel include: R. Tucker Abbott, leading 20th century malacologist/conchologist Horace William Baden Donegan, Bishop of New York, Episcopal Church in the United States of America Clifton Fadiman, author and radio/TV personality Helaine Fendelman, appraiser Jean Shepherd, author, screenwriter and radio raconteur Willard Scott, TV personality Randy Wayne White, writer of crime fiction and non-fiction adventure tales In literature Sanibel Island is the main setting for crime novels written by local author Randy Wayne White. Popular locales are referenced throughout his novels. White's main fictional character is named Doc Ford and due to his popularity, White opened a restaurant in his character's name, Doc Ford's Sanibel Rum Bar & Grill. Sanibel Island is the setting in the prolong of the book People We Meet on Vacation. In film Parts of George A. Romero's Day of the Dead were shot on Sanibel Island. Romero had a second home on Sanibel, from which he rewrote Day of the Dead in 1984. Night Moves was filmed on the Island in 1975, directed by Arthur Penn. It stars Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark and features early career appearances by James Woods and Melanie Griffith. References External links Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce Official website for businesses on Sanibel Island and Captiva Island City of Sanibel Florida Website Portal style website, Government, Business, Library, Recreation and more Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau Information regarding travel and tourism to and around Sanibel Island Seaside resorts in Florida Populated coastal places in Florida on the