These factors include calcium intake, seasonal variations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, sun exposure, air pollution levels, exercise, obesity (resistance to standard doses of vitamin D), comorbid conditions, and medications.
FDOT estimates that the 55,000 cars per day cross the three-mile long bridge connecting Pensacola and Gulf Breeze, and that the number will be exceed 70,000 by 2040. The bridge was built in the 1960s and a 2009 federal survey declared the bridge was in need of replacement.
Bridge A is the bridge closest to the mainland at Punta Rassa. Bridge A is 70 feet (21 m) tall and stands as the tallest bridge in Lee County. The bridge previously holding this record was the nearby Matanzas Pass Bridge, which is 65 feet (20 m) tall. The original Bridge A was a 26-foot (7.9 m) high drawbridge.