More of the old DuPont Bridge is headed for the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

The Department of Transportation is preparing to sink two more trestles of the old bridge for artificial reefs, and officials believe these pieces of the old bridge at the bottom of the Gulf will stimulate the economy.

Last month one of the trestles from the old DuPont Bridge was shipped out and dropped into the Gulf of Mexico, but the story doesn't end here.

On Wednesday officials announced by the new year two more of these historic trestles will be made into artificial reefs.

Mark Brooks, a local diver, said, "What we hope it will do is it will enhance all the diving and fishing opportunities, which has a major impact on Bay county and Panama City and Florida in the long run."

The remaining trestles will be sold as scrap metal, but the entire bridge would have ended up as scrap metal if some local folks didn't contact State Rep. Jimmy Patronis.

“It's much easier just to demolish them than take them off to be able to find the extra effort and desire to turn them into a recreational fishing site for northwest Florida," he said.

After talking with the Bay County Commission and Jimmy Patronis, and examining their budget, DOT officials decided to sink the two additional trestles.

The old truss, which weighs about 370 tons, actually cost $150,000 to relocate to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, but divers say within just six months it should be teeming with marine life.

"The snapper and the grouper will start finding the spot, and barracudas. The spot we've already dropped has sea turtles on it, which everybody takes as a local resource."

All together the trestle relocation project is costing DOT about $450,000. They expect to have the two additional trestles sunk by the new year.