William Howard Frankland, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Howard Frankland
American businessman
Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1901
Date of Death: 01-Dec-1980
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About William Howard Frankland
- William Howard Frankland (November 26, 1901 – December 1980) was an American businessman who proposed the W.
- Howard Frankland Bridge over Old Tampa Bay. The son of a horse buggy seller, he arrived in Tampa, Florida in 1925 from Jackson, Tennessee.
- He founded Pioneer Tire as well as Rubber Products, Inc., and was a banker as well as a member of the Florida State Road Board.Frankland proposed a new bridge as he felt the land between the existing Gandy Bridge to the south and the Courtney Campbell Causeway to the north was ripe for development.
- He and his family participated in the opening ceremonies for the span on January 15, 1960.Frankland died in 1980 at age 79 in Tampa.
- Frankland Road in Tampa's Golfview neighborhood is also named for him.
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