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Gandy is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. [3] The population was 2,031 at the 2000 census. It is named after George Gandy and the Gandy Bridge which connects the area to Tampa across Old Tampa Bay .
The U.S. state of Florida, due to being a peninsula and its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, has many bridges of varying lengths. The longest bridge in the state is the Seven Mile Bridge located in the Florida Keys. This list includes overwater automobile bridges 2,640 feet (800 m) or longer.
SR 686 west (Roosevelt Boulevard) / SR 687 north (4th Street North) / SR 694 west (Gandy Boulevard) to I-275 – Pinellas Park: east end of SR 687 overlap; west end of SR 600 overlap: 6.948: 11.182: San Martin Boulevard (CR 823 south) - Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center: Old Tampa Bay: 10.7: 17.2: Gandy Bridge ...
Looking at the Gandy Freeway overpasses at 4th Street N, St. Petersburg, FL. After being shelved for decades, largely due to a lack of funding, the Gandy Freeway section from just east of 4th Street N to the I-275 interchange was finally built at a cost of $83 million.
Gandy Bridge is the southernmost bridge spanning Old Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, Florida to Tampa, Florida.The original 1924 span was dismantled in 1975. The second bridge, constructed in 1956 was used for vehicular traffic until 1997, when it was converted to recreational use by non-motorized traffic.
In 1910, Gandy began discussion with fellow entrepreneur H. Walter Fuller regarding the best route for a bridge across Old Tampa Bay. Gandy formed a company called the Gandy Bridge Company and, in 1915, decided on a final route. [6] Gandy and Fuller were partners until Fuller sold his share for $500 after declaring bankruptcy in 1918. [7]
WTSP (channel 10) is a television station licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, serving the Tampa Bay area as an affiliate of CBS.The station is owned by Tegna Inc., and maintains studios on Gandy Boulevard on St. Petersburg's northeast side, just off the Gandy Bridge; its transmitter is located in Riverview, Florida.
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 .