Gandy Bridge

Hopefully the Gandy bridge may have been the first bridge built to leave St Petersburg Florida to Tampa Florida. It still is fairly old, it hasn’t been updated as much as the Howard Franklin and certainly doesn’t have as many ways. So if you’re crossing at peak traffic times you going to run into more roadblocks and possibly more accidents.
The Gandy bridge is on the south side of the Howard Franklin so it takes you further into outside of St Petersburg when you exit. The Gandy bridge also offers you excellent views of the water, birds, boats and other various things like planes landing and taking off from Tampa International Airport while you were crossing the bridge. It is not as large or spacious cornu at the Gandy bridge but, it is just as efficient. There are still many times of the day where you will be stalled in traffic, and often accidents that will delay you.
All the bridges in going from Tampa to st. Petersburg and vice versa are absolutely beautiful in their own way and they each have their own temperament and 5. The candies by this more old Florida and getting you from point A to point B lived kind of little hassle as possible.
I like the candies for a lot of reasons, I think one of them is has some of the best views where you can see the Howard Franklin Bridge quite clearly and the span of water between them. It also appears that this bridge is a bit slower and people aren’t speeding as much as they are on the Howard Franklin — just get their business done.
Personally I think the Gandy bridge has more personality than the newer Howard Franklin Bridge. Personality stems from history and as a child coming from St Pete Florida to Lutz Florida to visit my grandmother every week. Yeah, I know that makes it kind of sentimental but it also surrealistic.
What’s a girl to do? Take your time and then pick your bridge carefully to the have the best journey from Tampa to St Petersburg or vice versa.

Gandy Bridge goes from Hillsborough County to Pinellas County from Tampa to St. Pete, & vice versa. The other bridge that does this is Howard Frankland bridge. Courtney Campbell goes from Hillsborough to Pinellas, but in the other direction towards Clearwater, and vice versa.
When in South Tampa, this is usually pretty convenient to fly across this bridge, well, not exactly fly, even though drag races often occur on this bridge at odd hours. Just keep that in mind.
Waterviews, it’s a bridge, so yes of course. Pretty pretty? Well we have prettier views. Beach? If you call Redneck Riviera a beach, then yes, but to each is on. Keep going, and you will find The Getaway, and I.C. Sharks which is a seafood market. Keep on going and venture into various Pinellas Park and St. Pete areas.

I love the boat ramp that is here. My son, boyfriend and I went out on Mother’s Day. We got here about 12:30 and it was somewhat busy, but not too bad. There is six ramps so plenty of space for everyone to put their boats in and out. Parking is only $ 5.00 so that’s awesome.

In March 2013 the most notable event in the history of the Gandy Bridge took place. The History Channel show «Top Gear» was in town to shoot scenes for its show.
Featured in the shoot was a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, regarded as the world’s fastest production car. The sports car, manufactured in France, can reach a top speed of 258 mph, I’m willing to go out on a limb and say this may have been the fastest trip across the bridge to date. I would have loved to have been in the driver’s seat for this commute it definitely would of given a different perspective of the Tampa Bay shoreline.

Even though this bridge is slightly less convenient I find myself leaving a few minutes early on my trip just to drive it…
The scenery is pretty often providing dolphin sightings during the warmer months, and while only two lanes one way as opposed to the four on the Howard Franklin, people just seem to be more cordial on the Gandy. Perhaps it’s the reduction of choices in available driving surface? Who knows, but it’s my bridge of choice.
I just wrote a review about a bridge? lol Yes.

For some reason Gandy seems to have less disasters on it than the Howard Frankland. I think the only time there’s traffic on it is east-​bound during evening rush hour because West Shore backs up. I have yet to see a ladder or any other major obstacles appear on either direction, but cops love to sit at either end and wait for speeders on a regular basis. If only they would nab the people who drag race at night.

The Gandy Bridge is nothing fancy but it does have water views and is a critical piece of infrastructure linking I.C. Sharks to Hula Bay and Picnic Island Park across Tampa Bay. It also links Pinellas and Hillsborough counties south of the Howard Franklin Bridge, connecting North St Pete to South Tampa.
The bridge is patrolled by ospreys. There is a shady eatery called the Crab Shack on the Pinellas side that someone needs to take me to. Looks amazing.
There are pull off spots along the water on the Pinellas side after the bridge so peeps can relax and maybe launch a paddle craft or dinghy into the water. The area is populated mostly by mangroves. The area also has eateries on the water, I.C.Sharks seafood market, marinas, and boat tour operators. I believe this stretch is called the «Redneck Riviera». YEAA HAWW!!!