10 Things To Know About The New Howard Frankland Bridge

Author Geno

June 16th, 2021 12:39 PM

You’ve no doubt seen the work being done in the water along the southbound side of the Howard Frankland Bridge. When will the new bridge be ready? How many lanes will there be? Will you really be able to bike across? And what’s this about tolls? The Tampa Bay Times offered up this overview of what’s to come for commuters between Tampa and St. Pete. [Source: TBT]

• 132,000 make the voyage across the Bay a day.

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• It’ll cost $865 million.

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• There will be some art on the bridge. Sculptures will look like schooner sails.

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• It’ll be done in 2026.

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• There will be a 12 foot wide trail for bicyclists and pedestrians.

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• 2 of the 8 lanes will be express lanes, which will require a toll. No word on how much that’ll be yet.

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• Room is being left for a future light rail line.

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• When the new bridge is ready, northbound side will be demolished. The northbound lanes will become the new southbound lanes.

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• Construction is taking into account that we’ll likely have self-driving cars in the future.

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• The new bridge will have 8 lanes.

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• It’s the Howard Frankland not Howard Franklin like most transplants and tourists call it. Frankland was a rubber magnate who saw a big economic benefit of the bridge.

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