After four years, the new Howard Frankland Bridge is nearly finished. A representative with Archer-Wester, one of the companies building the bridge, said the build is roughly 90% complete. FDOT expects the new bridge to open to traffic next Spring. The FDOT project cost more than $865 million. It is the department's biggest bridge project in history. Roughly 250,000 drivers use the Howard Frankland to travel between Hillsborough and Pinellas County every day. Now, FDOT project leaders say next spring, those drivers will have a safer and more efficient ride.