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Iris Rogers of Bradenton is overcome with emotion Wednesday while visiting a makeshift memorial at Bay to Bay Boulevard and Lois Avenue for two Plant High students killed in a motorcycle crash.
A traffic signal at Bay to Bay and Lois would cost $550,000, so temporary measures are under consideration. But there’s no money for them yet, either.
The $85.3 million project adds lanes from north of the I-4 interchange to Hillsborough Avenue.
The seasonal service runs through May 22, 2022.
Tampa International Airport’s Blue Express Curbside lanes will be open for travelers by Thanksgiving.

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  1. Multiple lanes of the Howard Frankland Bridge were closed Friday afternoon after authorities responded to a report of a man who had jumped from the bridge, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said in a news release. As of 6:15 p.m., all lanes had reopened, officials said.
  2. The railroad crossing on South Parsons Avenue south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Seffner is pictured in a Google image from June 2023. Hillsborough deputies say a woman found dead on this stretch of tracks Monday night had been hit by a train. She was identified as Mikayla Shannon Renee Redman.
  3. Airline passengers check bags at a remote bag check near an Avis car rental kiosk on March 5 at Tampa International Airport. The airport saw a record number of passengers Sunday amid widespread delays and cancellations caused by inclement weather.
  4. Riders watch the SunRunner, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority's rapid bus line, approach during its maiden voyage in 2022. A bill that would have restructured the agency's board of directors died in the state legislature Thursday.
  5. A portion of a Dodge pickup sits in the northbound lanes of the Crosstown Connector in Tampa on Thursday. Troopers said the driver turned around at the toll gantry and was driving south in the northbound lanes when he crashed into the barrier wall. The truck spilt in half and caught fire.
  6. In this Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 photo, chef Amir Ilan prepares a lab-grown steak during a presentation by the company Aleph Farms, in Jaffa, Israel.
  7. An aerial drone view of the scene where a small plane crashed into the Bayside Waters mobile home park in Clearwater on Feb. 1. The pilot of a plane said he could not see the runway at the Clearwater Airpark despite the runway lights being turned to their “highest intensity,” according to a preliminary report released Tuesday.
  8. Peaches the flamingo walks along the shallow waters on the northern tip of the east beach with the Sunshine Skyway bridge pictured in the background at Fort De Soto Park on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Pinellas County.
  9. A majority of Hillsborough voters approved a 1% sales tax increase in 2018 that was later voided by the Florida Supreme Court. A second try for the referendum on the 2022 ballot failed.
  10. Amtrak passengers board a train to West Palm Beach and Miami at Union Station on Monday in downtown Tampa.
  11. In a screenshot from a video posted on X by Spectrum Bay News reporter Angie Angers, bystanders are seen standing near the scene of a boat crash near St. Petersburg's Shore Acres neighborhood on Sunday evening. Authorities said two 15-year-old boys were critically injured after their 18-foot Key West powerboat struck a dock, and one died from his injuries in a local hospital.
  12. This view is looking south over Eiland Boulevard at the SR 54 intersection.
  13. A KC-135 refueling aircraft flies over the Dale Mabry entrance of Macdill Air Force Base while coming in for a landing in 2021. Tampa residents should expect increased air traffic until March 8 while pilots participate in training at the base.
  14. Construction continues for the Gateway Expressway Project near Ulmerton Road and Roosevelt Boulevard intersection.
  15. The three people killed when their a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff in southeast Ohio were identified as a father, his son and a family friend on their way to Florida to pick up a newly purchased vehicle over the weekend, authorities said.
  16. Florida legislators want to change the law to say that motorists can't be in the left lane of highways unless they’re passing another vehicle.
  17. Drivers negotiate Drew Street between Highland Avenue and Betty Lane on April 5, 2023, in Clearwater. A state project to reconfigure 2 miles of Drew from four lanes to two, and add a center turn lane, has become an issue in the March 19 city election.
  18. Gregory Brown, 62,  admires his new bicycle from Bikes from the Heart the Portico in Tampa.
  19. Tampa police are investigating a fatal crash that killed two people near the University of South Florida Monday evening.
  20. Walkers and cyclists make their way along the Pinellas Trail last year. Local law enforcement agencies are planning an education and enforcement blitz on the trail soon.
  21. The Gandy Bridge is seen just after sunset on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, in Tampa.
  22. This is a photo of professional race car driver Joey Logano doing a burnout after winning a NASCAR exhibition auto race at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2022. Two recent cases of drivers doing burnouts at Tampa Bay area businesses didn't end as well for them.
  23. A truck’s dashcam captured the moment when a jet crashed on a busy Florida highway, smashing into cars, exploding and killing two of five people on board.
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