<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Statistics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Toll </Th> <Td> $4 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Mid-Bay Bridge is a 141 - span, 3.6 - mile (5.8 km), two - lane toll bridge in Okaloosa County in the Florida Panhandle . It connects U.S. Highway 98 in Destin to State Road 20 in Niceville . The bridge generally runs north - south; the approaches to the bridge carry the State Road 293 designation while the bridge itself carries the TOLL 293 shield . </P> <P> The bridge crosses Choctawhatchee Bay, part of the Intracoastal Waterway . It was constructed in 1992 - 93, when the Florida Department of Transportation recognized the growing need for a more direct route between the Destin beaches and the mainland for tourists and to assist hurricane evacuation from population centers and resorts on the Gulf of Mexico . </P>

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