Pensacola Bay Fishing Bridge FEMA

On September 16th, 2020 Sally made landfall as a Category 2 Hurricane near Gulf Shores, Alabama. The Pensacola Bay Fishing Pier was impacted by multiple Pensacola Bay Bridge construction barges broken from moorings during the hurricane. The purpose of this project is to demolish the existing pier and construct the new along the same alignment.

On September 16th, 2020, Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 Hurricane near Gulf Shores, Alabama with sustained winds of 105 mph and gusts over 120 mph. The Hurricane caused extensive wind, flooding and storm surge damage in areas of Escambia County Florida. Sally was an extremely slow-moving storm which advanced at 2 mph and made landfall moving at 3 mph. Rainfall amounts in Escambia County from 7 am September 14th through 7am September 17th ranged from 12.74” to 24.88”. Storm surge reached a height of 5.6 feet in Pensacola which is the third-highest level on record.

During the storm, multiple construction barges from the adjacent Pensacola Bay Bridge construction project broke loose and impacted the Pensacola Bay Fishing Pier causing extensive damage. A witness employed by Eisman & Russo, Inc. stated that the pier was struck by three different Skanska construction barges. One of the barges got lodged underneath the pier, pushing and lifting the structure as waves passed.