At 75, FL’s ‘Greatest’ Construction Job Tells State’s Story

TAMPA, FL (AP) It stretches 274 mi. through the vast open spaces of Florida, skirting the Gulf Coast just close enough for drivers to notice the sky is a little bluer there and then turning to forge through the River of Grass.

Tampa to Miami — Tamiami. Seventy-five years after the trail was built, the remarkable road that carried dreamers, land speculators and tourists to the Sunshine State still tells the tale of Florida. More...

At 75, FL’s ‘Greatest’ Construction Job Tells State’s Story