St. Petersburg Times: Repair of Tampa's Platt Street bridge expected to create mini Carmageddon

Get ready for Tampa's own mini Carmageddon, the closing of the Platt Street Bridge.

When the 85-year-old drawbridge leading downtown closes for repairs in the wee hours Monday, the disruption will spare no one.

Not commuters, nor hockey fans, nor Tampa General Hospital employees nor Davis Islands residents, including the mayor.

"I'm sure I'll have my opportunity to sit in traffic, like everyone else," Mayor Bob Buckhorn said.

But unlike the original Carmageddon, which shut down a major Los Angeles freeway for one weekend this summer, the Platt Street Bridge will stay closed for more than three months, until mid-January.

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