The W. Howard Frankland Bridge is the central fixed-link bridge spanning Old Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, Florida to Tampa, Florida. It is one of three bridges connecting Hillsborough County and Pinellas County; the others being Gandy Bridge and Courtney Campbell Causeway.

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, officially referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge. It spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas County (St. Petersburg, Florida) to Manatee County (Terra Ceia, Florida).

Dec 24, 2024 · This new bridge will become the new I-275 southbound lanes, and the current southbound bridge built in the 1990s will turn into the new northbound lanes. Drivers only have a few more months to wait before they can cruise across the new Howard Frankland Bridge.

Dec 5, 2024 · This design-build project is building a new southbound/westbound interstate bridge over Old Tampa Bay (from Tampa to St. Petersburg) between Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in Florida.

Interstate 275 (I-275), located in Florida, is a 60-mile-long (97 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway serving the Tampa Bay area. Its southern terminus is at I-75 near Palmetto, where I-275 heads west towards the Sunshine Skyway Bridge crossing over Tampa Bay.

Howard Frankland Bridge FDOT is rebuilding the existing northbound bridge, which was originally constructed in 1959, and adding capacity to alleviate traffic congestion. The plan for the Howard Frankland Bridge was announced in 2017.

Dec 6, 2024 · Once it's finished, the new I-275 bridge will have eight lanes: Additionally, a separate pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists will be built alongside the new bridge, presumably similar to...

Sep 19, 2024 · PETERSBURG, Fla. — Construction on the new Howard Frankland Bridge is moving along, so much so that media was allowed a close look — and drive — at the massive project on Thursday. It will...

May 8, 2024 · Once the new bridge is open, it will be the new four-lane southbound span for traffic on I-275 going from Tampa to St. Petersburg. The current southbound span will be flipped for northbound...

Mar 9, 2023 · That includes demolishing the old northbound bridge of I-275 into Tampa. When done, the new bridge will offer four new southbound lanes of I-275 into Pinellas, plus two new toll lanes in...