Category: Bridge

50 vehicle crash Howard Frankland Bridge ♦ REAR ENDED ♦ 50 car pile up

TAMPA — Seven (7) to eight (8) individual crashes caused about fifty (50) vehicles to pile up on the Howard Frankland Bridge. This massive accident took place soon after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game let out from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Southbound Interstate 275 was backed up for nearly three hours as the Florida…

The New / Safer Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge opens for traffic • Pedestrians and bicyclists will have to wait until November 1 to use the bridge

BELLEAIR BEACH – The new Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge opened to traffic just after 5 a.m. on May 29, 2009. The project, which began in March 2007, is on schedule and on budget. It is estimated that between 15,000 and 18,000 vehicles a day cross the Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge and that is expected to…

Vehicle crash ends in Tampa Bay waters – PINELLAS BAYWAY – HOWARD FRANKLAND – 4th ST. EXIT near INTERSTATE I-275

PINELLAS COUNTY – TAMPA BAY AREA (Bay News 9) — For the third time in two days, another vehicle has wound up in a Bay area waterway. This time, it happened on the east side of the Pinellas Bayway in between Interstate 275 and the Pinellas County beaches. According to witnesses, a Toyota pickup truck…

Driver loses control, RV ends up in Tampa Bay near Howard Frankland Bridge between Tampa – St. Petersburg – INTERSTATE – I-275

HILLBOROUGH COUNTY (Bay News 9) — An overnight accident on the Howard Frankland bridge sent an RV crashing into Tampa Bay. The crash happened just before midnight as the vehicle was headed north on the bridge. The driver, from Tennessee, lost control of the motor home. The Florida Highway Patrol said the vehicle went crashing…

Howard Frankland Bridge, Gandy Bridge, Bayside Bridge, Courtney Campbell Causeway and Sunshine Skyway Bridge – TRAFFIC BACKUPS CAUSE REAR-END ACCIDENT

The Howard Frankland Bridge carries (135,000 cars per day) and spans from Tampa to St. Petersburg, Florida. It is one of three busy bridges connecting Hillsborough County and Pinellas County, the others being the Gandy Bridge which carries (35,000 cars per day) and the Courtney Campbell Causeway which carries (52,500 cars per day). In addition,…