Safety of local bridges called into question

Photo: Tristan Spinski / Daily News

Carlos Cabrera, left, with the Collier County Metropolitan Planning Organization, hands out surveys to drivers along Collier Boulevard in Marco Island on Thursday, August 2, 2007, concerning pending improvements for the SS Jolley Bridge. The bridge was built in 1969 with a 50-year lifespan and estimation of handling 10,000 vehicles a day. In the most recent traffic statistics, the bridge averages 25,000 vehicles per day.