The Mid-Bay Bridge serves as an essential transportation link between Destin and Niceville in Okaloosa County, Florida, elegantly spanning 3.5 miles across the expansive Choctawhatchee Bay. The uniform shapes and constant depth superstructure fit the vast open waterway. Innovative financing through revenue bonds, backed by tolls, enabled the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority to realize this vital infrastructure project in the absence of government funding.

The two-lane toll bridge spans the Choctawhatchee Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway, connecting U.S. 98 and SR 20. The 19,265' long precast concrete segmental bridge was completed in 25 months, five months ahead of schedule and within budget. It features typical spans of 136' erected using the span-by-span construction method with a temporary truss that supported the segments underneath the bottom soffit. The 225' long main span provides 65' of vertical clearance over the Intracoastal Waterway and was erected using a modified balanced cantilever scheme that used a temporary erection truss to support the 136' back spans during construction.

During the week of September 20, 1992, seven 136' spans (totaling 952') were erected in just seven consecutive days, setting a world record for precast segmental span-by-span construction at the time. The superstructure is supported by cast-in-place piers for the low-level sections and precast, post-tensioned I-shaped piers for the high-level sections. U.S. Senator Bob Graham praised the bridge, stating that "first-rate American engineering will become a precedent for all construction projects to follow..." and the former Authority Chairman referred to the bridge as "a dream transformed into reality."