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florida: close ‘dreadful’ bridge

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by TBHC @ 10:34 am

36 years ago…

January 26, 1971 – Edward Mueller, Florida’s Secretary of Transportation, recommends the Courtney Campbell Parkway bridges closed to vehicles and boats using the draw spans, calling the bridge “dreadful” and “among the most horrible in Florida.”

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

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