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road funds requested

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by TBHC @ 8:22 am

65 years ago…

February 17, 1941 – Florida’s road department requests almost $12 million for “emergency national defense highways.” Tampa’s airbases were slated to receive about $700,000 ($9.2 million in today’s dollars).

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

Tags: Florida, on this day, state, tampa, transportation

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