Hillsborough County commissioners took the first step today toward putting a 1-cent sales tax increase for mass transit and road improvements on the ballot in November 2010. ...more

November 4, 2009

Hillsborough County leaders pushing to get a slice of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus money have submitted a $436.5 million list of "ready to go" road, bridge and water projects. ...more

January 27, 2009

Frank Miller stood at the east entrance to the Friendship TrailBridge on Tuesday and watched as Hillsborough County workers erected a large fence to keep people out. ...more

December 25, 2008

Tom Bryan was making plans to celebrate the Friendship TrailBridge's 10th anniversary when he learned in early November that the popular recreational trail was closing because of structural problems. ...more

December 24, 2008

Frank Miller stood at the east entrance to the Friendship TrailBridge earlier today and watched as Hillsborough County workers erected a large fence to keep people out. On Monday, Pinellas and Hillsborough county officials closed the 2.6-mile span and its catwalks following the release of an engineering study that said collapse of any portion of the bridge was possible. ...more

December 23, 2008

This appears to be the end of the road for the Friendship TrailBridge. Officials with Hillsborough and Pinellas counties decided Monday to permanently close the bridge, a popular destination for joggers, bicyclists and fishing enthusiasts. ...more

December 23, 2008

Officials with Hillsborough and Pinellas counties decided today to permanently close Friendship Trail Bridge, a popular destination for joggers, bicyclists and fishing enthusiasts. ...more

December 22, 2008

Friends of the Friendship Trail and Bridge will meet tonight to discuss the bridge's history, status and future, and a big part of the discussion will be the range of estimated costs for repairing or replacing it. ...more

December 18, 2008

Preliminary estimates of how much it would cost to repair the partially closed Friendship Trail bridge range from $11 million to fix both ends of the structure to $82 million to knock down the existing bridge and build a new one. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- Hoping to find ways of saving the bridge and spread word of their cause, Tampa Bay's Friends of the Friendship Trail & Bridge will meet Thursday. "We will review the past, present and future of the bridge," said community activist Neil Cosentino. "Little people can do big things." ...more

December 17, 2008