A new Howard Frankland Bridge opens soon. People once protested the original span.
As we look forward to a new span across Tampa Bay, let’s look back in time 65 years to the original bridge’s debut.
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What's in a name: Gandy Bridge
Developer George Gandy funded the first bridge linking Tampa and St. Petersburg in the 1920s. It took $3 million and 1,500 workers to finish the 2.5-mile span. The Gandy Bridge was replaced in ...
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No one injured in Wednesday’s truck fire that snarled traffic on Interstate 59
A tractor-trailer fire beneath the Evelyn Gandy Parkway bridge on Interstate 59 south snarled traffic for a good hour ...
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A new Howard Frankland Bridge opens soon. People once protested the original span.
Even though the Gandy Bridge had already gotten a second span at that point, raising the number of lanes to four, it wasn’t enough to carry all of the people that flowed back and forth between ...