Ads
related to: lane design and build tampa
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Named for the man who proposed it, Tampa businessman Howard Frankland, the bridge opened in April 1960 and carried four lanes (two lanes in each direction separated by a short, narrow barrier). The bridge and approaches cost $16 million. [5] Because of the bridge's design, including its lack of emergency shoulders, it proved to be dangerous.
The original Sunshine Skyway was a two-lane beam bridge with a central truss bridge built directly to the west of the current structure. It was completed in 1954, and a second two-lane span opened in 1971. [12] The original bridge was the site of two major maritime disasters in 1980, the second of which resulted in its partial destruction.
The first six miles of the tollway were built in the mid-1970s next to a CSX rail line, from the western terminus at Gandy Blvd at Dale Mabry Highway, making an eastward turn at Platt Street/Willow Avenue, snaking around historic Hyde Park before ending at a 3/4-mile, six-lane viaduct, spanning the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa, ending ...
The new channel was needed to improve water quality in parts of Old Tampa Bay north of the causeway. The channel will be spanned by a 230-foot (70 m) bridge without supporting piers in the water, a design that will avoid trash and pollutants being caught on piers in the water. The $12 million project completed construction in July 2019.
The Rivergate Tower, also known as the Sykes building or the Beer Can Building, [2] [3] is a 454-foot-tall (138 m) skyscraper in Tampa, Florida.The skyscraper is the seventh tallest building in Tampa with 31 floors. [4]
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.