Jim TurnerFebruary 10, 2021
7min912
'Our goal was to retain all active projects to their completion.'
Tag: Howard Frankland BridgeMarco Rubio and Rick Scott are steamed by Houthi rebel fighters. Image via AP.
Jim TurnerFebruary 10, 2021
Kelly HayesFebruary 2, 2021
4min1269
The project was delayed from 2024 to 2026 due to COVID-19 budget cuts.
Kelly HayesJanuary 14, 2021
2min930
The Gandy Bridge and Courtney Campbell Causeway can still be used to travel between Pinellas and Hillsborough.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 26, 2019
3min481
Castor said the funding had been in the works for a while.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 11, 2019
4min323
St. Pete City Council is backing a plan to speed up improvements to the Westshore interchange where the Howard Frankland Bridge meets State Road 60, the Veterans Expressway and the on and off-ramp to Tampa International Airport. “The Westshore District and Pinellas County’s Gateway area at the western end of the Howard Frankland Bridge comprise […]
Joe HendersonMay 23, 20175min550
Transportation issues in the Tampa Bay area have been well-documented and they will get worse before they get better — assuming, of course, “better” ever comes. The Florida Department of Transportation wanted to attack the problem with a plan called Tampa Bay Express, or TBX. I’ll simplify: It called for building more roads, including 90 […]
Peter SchorschDecember 19, 2016
11min348
Last week, the digital geniuses at the Tampa Bay Times debuted a multimedia presentation that used animated Lego figures and constructions to tell a complicated story about a planned toll road on the Howard Frankland Bridge. “How the plan to fix Tampa Bay’s most important bridge fell apart, told in Legos” from Eli Zhang, Caitlin Johnston, Anthony […]
Anne LindbergSeptember 26, 2016
3min216
State Sen. Jack Latvala on Monday wrote to the Florida Department of Transportation objecting to any plan to start charging tolls on current lanes of the Howard Frankland bridge. Latvala was reacting to recent news that state officials plan to take one of the four existing lanes in each direction on the bridge and charge […]