Alyse Zwick
Traffic Reporter at WTVT-TV (Tampa, FL)
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2 months ago |
fox13news.com | Alyse Zwick |Corey Beckman
Tampa International Airport is often named one of the best airports in the country, but why? The roadway that guides every passenger in and out of the airport holds the answer. It's called George Bean Parkway. "He was a very, very well-respected man in the aviation business, in the airport business specifically," says Tampa International Airport CEO Joe Lopano. George Bean Parkway was named after a very well-respected man in the aviation business.
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2 months ago |
fox13news.com | Alyse Zwick |Corey Beckman
It's 10 of the most beautiful miles in the Tampa Bay area. The Courtney Campbell "Scenic" Highway certainly lives up to its designation. But the causeway didn't always go by that name. The Courtney Campbell Causeway. The backstory: It was originally built as the Ben T. Davis Causeway. In the 1920s, Tampa businessman and engineer Ben T. Davis saw a business opportunity in upper Tampa Bay.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Alyse Zwick
The BriefTampa businessman and engineer Ben T. Davis began the seven-year construction project in 1927, which cost $1 million to complete. The War Department seized control of the causeway during World War II and eliminated tolls on the causeway as part of the war effort. U.S. Representative Courtney W. Campbell had the causeway dedicated to him after he directed government funding toward the rehabilitation and improvement of the highway. TAMPA, Fla.
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2 months ago |
fox13news.com | Alyse Zwick
Without a bridge in sight at the turn of the 20th Century, a trip from Tampa to St. Petersburg was a 50-mile, all-day trip. "Through driving or horse-drawn carriage, either method would take several hours," says Tampa Bay History Center historian Rodney Kite-Powell. But developer George Gandy looked out over the water in St. Pete, and thought he'd change that.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Alyse Zwick
The BriefDeveloper George Gandy funded the first bridge linking Tampa and St. Petersburg in the 1920s. It took $3 million and 1,500 workers to finish the 2.5-mile span. The Gandy Bridge was replaced in 1956, expanded in 1976, and expanded again in 1996. TAMPA, Fla. - Without a bridge in sight at the turn of the 20th Century, a trip from Tampa to St. Petersburg was a 50-mile, all-day trip.
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