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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.
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 .
George Sheppard "Dad" Gandy (October 20, 1851 [1] – November 25, 1946 [2]) was an American business executive and developer, best known for constructing the original Gandy Bridge, the first bridge to span the Tampa Bay in Florida.
Two organizations, phade and Keep Pinellas Beautiful, along with local businesses and residents teamed up Saturday to clean the Gandy Beach shores of trash. In an effort to combat plastic waste ...
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.
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.
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 ).
Belichick being hired to lead the Tar Heels elicited strong reactions from the sports world.Some believe the move is brilliant; others fear (or perhaps hope) that it will be a disaster.