Mount Ringling News Today

FLORIDA BUILDINGS I LOVE: No. 69: John Ringling Bridge, 2003, Sarasota State Road 789. PCL Civil Constructors, builder Harold Bubil “Perhaps that is because they find it faster than driving,” I interjected. This joke surprised even me, as I had promoted the new bridge’s construction in my newspaper column 20 years ago and doubted that it would do anything but speed up traffic. When the bridge was being considered — correction: vehemently debated — in the 1990s, some people speculated ...