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

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

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

With little likelihood of getting state money next year for local projects, Hillsborough County commissioners instead asked legislators Tuesday to end state mandates that tie local governments' hands. ...more

December 3, 2008

I moved to Tampa five years ago and immediately fell in love with the Gandy Bridge Trail. I jogged and biked there almost daily. I brought family and friends there when they visited. I ran alongside dolphins. I talked to fishermen. I spoke with members of the association who saved the bridge when it was going to be torn down years ago. ...more

November 13, 2008