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the skyway bridge• updated: 10.27.18 |
          l-r: Governor Charley Johns, General James A. Van Fleet, U.S. Senator Spessard Holland.                Shortly before 11:00 A.M. helicopters and planes fly overhead with cameramen as the motorcade approaches the center of the ship channel bridge.  the Bee Line Ferry's 'Manatee' (One of four vessels) strikes her house flag, thus terminating 30 years of service on the Pinellas-Manatee crossing. |
original span under construction.         finishing up the bridge.   08.1954, 'popular mechanics magazine' article on the new bridge. |
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    looking out from fort desoto. 
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1962 road map. larger |
 07.17.11, aaron, clearwater, florida, I have a business with vintage ads and came across this and skywaybridge.com was the first place to come in mind because I think some? most? could appreciate this. This is an original ad from 1958 back when the original skyway was still on it's single span 2 lane traffic. image from the same vantage point. .  |
1957 'Caterpillar' Print Advertisement full size |
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the second span opened 05.19.71 for two lanes of southbound traffic and knocked down on 05.09.80.  1969  1970  1970  1970  1970  1970   1972     original first span in use during construction of new bridge.  1989  1989 |
| skyway bridge timeline - tampabay.com |
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