Nearly 7,000 more vehicles used the Bob Sikes Toll Bridge over Memorial Day weekend this year than during the same weekend a year ago. The toll booth counts do not include vehicles entering Pensacola Beach from the east through Navarre Beach and Gulf Islands National Seashore. Bob Sikes Toll Plaza vehicle counts for 2016 and 2017 are as follows:
| 2016 |
2017
|
14,215
Thursday, May 26
|
17,729
Thursday, May 25
|
15,500
Friday, May 27
|
19,340
Friday, May 26
|
19,750
Saturday, May 28
|
20,046
Saturday, May 27
|
18,500
Sunday, May 29
|
18,543
Sunday, May 28
|
14,375
Monday, May 30
|
13,926
Monday, May 29
|
A total of 7,195 vehicles entered Pensacola Beach from the east through Navarre Beach and Gulf Islands National Seashore. The daily totals are as follows:
| 2017 |
1,321
Thursday, May 25
|
1,397
Friday, May 26
|
1,681
Saturday, May 27
|
1,571
Sunday, May 28
|
1,225
Monday, May 29
|
Nearly 290,000 people visited Pensacola Beach over Memorial Day weekend. Visitor counts for Thursday through Sunday increased 7.5 percent from 2016 (267,402) and 14.6 percent from 2015 (246,750). Visitor counts are calculated by taking the total amount of vehicle trips (Bob Sikes Toll Booth and Navarre/Gulf Islands National Seashore counts) and multiplying that number by three, which is the average number of passengers per vehicle.
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