Mrs. Culp Revisited: March 6, 1937

Over the Gandy Bridge

"Trude, Daniel, Jackie, Walter and myself went to St. Petersburg over Gandy Bridge both ways to see Else," wrote Mrs. Culp. The Gandy Bridge, opened in 1924, cost $1.9 million to build ($29 million in current money) and was named for the president of the design and construction companies that built it. It was a toll bridge, costing 75 cents for a car an…