All lanes of the bridge are currently closed and the severity of the closure is listed as “major,” according to Florida 511.
On Wednesday morning, Hurricane Ian had grown even stronger and was headed for landfall along Florida's west coast after tearing into Cuba, leaving 11 million people without electricity.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Cuba suffered “significant wind and storm surge impacts” when the hurricane struck with top sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph).
