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[[Image:OldBayBridgeConstruction.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Construction of the bridge over Pensacola Bay, circa 1930]]
The '''Thomas A. Johnson Bridge''' (often called the '''Old Pensacola Bay Bridge''') was the first bridge to span the three-miles of [[Pensacola Bay]] between Pensacola and [[Gulf Breeze]]. It was built by the [[Pensacola Bridge Corporation]] and opened on [[June 13]], [[1931]] (— simultaneously with the original [[Pensacola Beach Bridge]] over [[Santa Rosa Sound]])and the [[Casino]] resort on [[Pensacola Beach]]. The bridge was renamed in [[1948]] to honor [[Thomas A. Johnson]], who was responsible for removing the toll.
With the opening of the wider [[Phillip Dane Beall Sr. Memorial Bridge]] on [[August 10]], [[1962]], the old bridge was converted to a fishing pier. After being damaged in [[2004]] by [[Hurricane Ivan]], the remnants of the bridge were designated to be sunk as an artificial reef.