The Miami police closed the causeway for about two hours, clogging rush-hour traffic as they searched for refugees under a bridge and in bushes.
The causeway is about 100 yards north of a Roman road.
Long before combat started, however, Fairburn's effort suffered a blow when a support Humvee toppled off a causeway into about 8 feet of water.
Sanibel and Captiva Islands are linked to the mainland by a causeway and are about 24 and 36 miles, respectively, from Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, which is served by 27 carriers.
The causeway, which would cost about $10 million to build, would run from an area of Bridgeport that is close to Watson Boulevard in Stratford to Pleasure Beach Island.
With news helicopters capturing them live on national television, dozens of Haitians, many in their Sunday best, flooded onto a causeway leading to Miami, about a mile away, as police officers converged.
The attack happened near Pizza Express at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol, at about 20 45 BST on 1 September.
Even though we're glad about the causeway, Vatersay was really great before they built it.
