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bridging the bay

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by TBHC @ 8:39 am

85 years ago…

February 25, 1921 – The Gandy Bridge Company, founded by George S. Gandy, announces plans for the construction of the Gandy Bridge, the first bridge to cross Tampa Bay and connect Tampa and St. Petersburg “by the shortest possible route.”

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

Tags: citizens, names, on this day, tampa, transportation

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2 Responses to “bridging the bay”

Editengine Says:
February 25th, 2006 at 10:08 am
and jalopy racers county wide said , ‘WORD!”
PortTampa Says:
February 26th, 2006 at 10:02 am
Today the Trib endorsed a scheme to build a connector road from the New Tampa area to 275 with private investment. The commentary noted George Gandy’s success with the Gandy Bridge.

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