This map shows the western portions of South County below the Alafia River to about where today's Big Bend Road is today. Note the location of Gibsonton, Gardensville and Adamsville. It is also interesting to note that today's US 301 is label State Route 5 and US 41. Today's US 41 is labeled SR 23 and US 541. US 541 was commissioned in 1932, a few years after the US route system was established, and it existed for only about 20 years. US 541 essentially functioned as a long business loop off... Show moreThis map shows the western portions of South County below the Alafia River to about where today's Big Bend Road is today. Note the location of Gibsonton, Gardensville and Adamsville. It is also interesting to note that today's US 301 is label State Route 5 and US 41. Today's US 41 is labeled SR 23 and US 541. US 541 was commissioned in 1932, a few years after the US route system was established, and it existed for only about 20 years. US 541 essentially functioned as a long business loop off US 41; its south end was not far from Tampa, in Palmetto: Show less
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HCC0101SHC051
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Image (JPEG)
Title
Railroad Bridge Over Little Manatee River.
Abstract/Description
Photo of the abandoned railroad bridge over the Little Manatee River (SW of Wimauma, Hillsborough County). Bridge was constructed in 1902 and abandoned in 1986. Originally, it was built by the Seaboard Airlines in their Turkey Creek to Bradenton route that opened up much of eastern and southern Hillsborough County (then called Braiden Town). It is a trust style steel bridge. The bridge "bones" still remain as pictured above.
Identifier
HCC0101SHC112
Format
Image (JPEG)
Title
US 541 and US 41.
Abstract/Description
This 1940 map by Rand McNally shows that US 541 is today's US 41 and that US 41 originally was the name for today's US 301. It was not until the 1950s that US 541 was eliminated and US 41 was moved onto the former US 541 south of Tampa; US 301 ran along what had been US 41.
