Effective immediately, the U.S. Coast Guard has established a 500-foot safety zone for all navigable waters of Pensacola Bay within 500-feet of the construction of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge.

The first of more than a thousand “Florida I-beams” have been placed for the new Pensacola Bay Bridge. The beams connect the trophy pieces one-to-another and will eventually support the bridge deck and riding surface.

Construction crews continue to drive piles and place trophy pieces for the new Pensacola Bay Bridge, but a new milestone will be achieved soon with the placement of the first concrete beams.

The construction team reached a milestone Thursday, Oct. 26 with the setting of the first "trophy piece."