A bridge from say, Apollo Beach/Ruskin to St. Pete?

It would make the growing southern hillsborough area more accessible to pinellas county. i live in the riverview/brandon area and whether i go north or south it takes me an hour to get to st.pete/clearwater...anywhere in pinellas really. so where's a 5th bridge? :/

if i'm missing something enlighten me...

Don't think the budget will allow for that anytime soon.

^^Thats one thing, but just look on google earth, where would you connect a minimum of six lanes of highway to in St.Pete? The only slightly feasible place to build a bridge would be 54th Ave S connecting to somewhere along the Ruskin Shore, but 10 miles of bridge plus other upgrades and expenses, forget about it!

Lemon, nice to see you around.

I don't think it's feasible. While St. Pete and Tampa are urban centers, isn't Ruskin more undeveloped? Wouldn't this just be inviting more sprawl?

Also the cost of the bridge would be huge as it would need to rise high enough so it does not interupt tanker traffic on the shipping channel in the Bay.

mmm haha see i knew i was missing something. it would be pretty damn expensive.

i don't think a bridge would necessarily invite sprawl, it's sprawling down there without one anyway.

and thanks, its nice to be around for a change :)

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You won't see too much of me around for a while. After this week, I'm taking a hiatus...until probably September...maybe late August at the earliest...I will return here.

Anyways, its always been a poor idea to build any more bridges, though it would be appreciated as another evac. route.

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You won't see too much of me around for a while. After this week, I'm taking a hiatus...until probably September...maybe late August at the earliest...I will return here.

Anyways, its always been a poor idea to build any more bridges, though it would be appreciated as another evac. route.
How is it a poor idea?

The original post reminds me of a conversation I had with a woman on Isla Del Sol. She was at a DOT informational meeting about replacing the Bayway connection to Tierra Verde. She didn't see why someone needed to "ruin her views", and why couldn't the DOT just build a bridge to the South end of Tierra Verde that would connect to the Skyway approach. She didn't think it was stupid on its face and thought that DOT should at least spend money to study it. Needless money spending on far fetched ideas seems to be a problem for the Bay area.

Oh, Ruskin to St. Pete would have to be as tall as the Skyway to clear the shipping channel or you would have to build a tunnel.

I'm taking a 4-6 year hiatus from this area :P
Orlando to Gainesville to wherever I wanna go for Grad school :P

The original post reminds me of a conversation I had with a woman on Isla Del Sol. She was at a DOT informational meeting about replacing the Bayway connection to Tierra Verde. She didn't see why someone needed to "ruin her views", and why couldn't the DOT just build a bridge to the South end of Tierra Verde that would connect to the Skyway approach. She didn't think it was stupid on its face and thought that DOT should at least spend money to study it. Needless money spending on far fetched ideas seems to be a problem for the Bay area.

Oh, Ruskin to St. Pete would have to be as tall as the Skyway to clear the shipping channel or you would have to build a tunnel.
Haha that lady must be rich because thats unrealistic and would cost way more.

No just incredibly stupid and selfish. Like most retirees.

How is it a poor idea?

Simple...its way too expensive. Plus, building another bridge over the shipping channel such as Hillsborough Bay may be heavily opposed by shipping companies who go to the Port of Tampa.

The original post reminds me of a conversation I had with a woman on Isla Del Sol. She was at a DOT informational meeting about replacing the Bayway connection to Tierra Verde. She didn't see why someone needed to "ruin her views", and why couldn't the DOT just build a bridge to the South end of Tierra Verde that would connect to the Skyway approach. She didn't think it was stupid on its face and thought that DOT should at least spend money to study it. Needless money spending on far fetched ideas seems to be a problem for the Bay area.

Oh, Ruskin to St. Pete would have to be as tall as the Skyway to clear the shipping channel or you would have to build a tunnel.

The community needs to stop complaining and just let those drawbridges be replaced. Those people have tons of money, they can move to St. Armands or somewhere they can get a better waterfront view. :bash:

Wait...junkies...the crappy economy won't allow that... :ohno:

Simple...its way too expensive. Plus, building another bridge over the shipping channel such as Hillsborough Bay may be heavily opposed by shipping companies who go to the Port of Tampa.
Ah ok, good points.

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Un-realistic, though.

Lets see:
Expensive.
Un-necessary duplication of existing capacity.
Shipping impact.
FAA impact (new tall structure in the middle of what are now open approach paths).
Environmental impact (lots of seagrass beds to destroy there).

Oh, hell lets to it. :bash:

It would be an all around disaster. Completely. DShenise summed it up simply enough. Why not Ferry service - maybe even with some car capacity? That seems incredibly obvious and I know it's in the area's general plan - I know it's in Apollo Beach's because I helped to write it.

haha okay so obviously i should've put a bit more thought into this before asking, i feel stupid haha. but you all make very valid points. but hey it was a nice idea...right? lol :)

guess i just have to move to tampa. everything is closer from there. :P