Tameisa honors Hillsborough County Fire-Medic Husband for First Responder Friday this week. Steven is Tameisa’s husband and he has been a fire medic for over 20 years. Tameisa and Steven recently celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary.
Tameisa tells us what Steven’s calling was to become a fire medic. She says, “So kind of a sad story. We lost our first baby at full term, and he decided at that point he was going to make a difference to someone else’s life, and that brought him into being a firefighter and helping save others.”
When Steven is not working Tameisa tells us that they love to go fishing.
Congrats to Steven, Tameisa’s Hillsborough County Fire Medic husband, as he receive a $100 Visa gift card from Crown Buick GMC . She also gets another $100 Visa gift card from Demesmin & Dover Law Firm.
Every Friday we honor a first responder in Tampa Bay. Do you have someone in your life that is a first responder? Someone that you admire, a relative, a friend? Whoever it is that you want to spotlight. We want to hear from you, and you can nominate someone right now by doing so HERE. The nomination process takes about five minutes. Once you nominate someone we will be in touch with you to schedule a call with you.
What Will The Howard Frankland Bridge Look Like When It's Finished?
What will the Howard Frankland Bridge look like when it’s finished? You have driven over the bridge and you see progress happening. So, when will it be done and what will it look like? According to the Florida Department of Transportation, construction is expected to finish around the end of 2025. It will cost around $865 million.
The FDOT says about the bridge, “This design-build project is building a new southbound/westbound (from Tampa to St. Petersburg) interstate bridge over Old Tampa Bay between Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.” They added, “The new bridge will consist of eight lanes; four general use lanes, (Tampa to St. Petersburg) and four Express lanes; two lanes from the St. Petersburg side toward Tampa, two lanes from the Tampa side toward St. Petersburg. A bicycle/pedestrian pathway separated from the roadway will is also included.”
Once the new bridge is built and all traffic is moved the existing northbound/eastbound (St. Petersburg to Tampa) bridge will be removed.
What will the Howard Frankland Bridge look like when it’s finished? Well the Florida Department of Transportation has a artist rendition of the what it will look like. You can also see photos of progress that has been happening with the new bridge below.
Artist rendition of overlook w ITS
Photo by: Florida Department of Transportation
Artist rendition of overlook
Photo by: Florida Department of Transportation
Artist rendition with traffic
Photo by: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in July 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in July 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in July 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in July 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in May 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in May 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in May 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in May 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in May 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in March 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in March 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in March 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in March 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in January 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in January 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in January 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in January 2023
Photo By: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in December 2022
Photo by: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in December 2022
Photo by: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in December 2022
Photo by: Florida Department of Transportation
Bridge Construction in November 2022
Photo by: Florida Department of Transportation
