I drove the old Frankland, probably 20+ years ago. Having crossed the Chesapeake Bay bridge/tunnel many times the Frankland didn’t bother me. I kind of enjoyed it.
Adding bike lanes is wasted money IMVHO.
Adding space for possible light rail is either forward thinking or folly. Only time will tell.
I’m one who is okay with tolls in some places. I don’t see gas prices going down unless Trump, or a Trump clone, takes the WH in 2024. Then the CPA (Communist Party of America) will just screw it up again when they take power again. Let those who actually use it pay for it.
I started going over that bridge in 1970 when I was going to school in Tampa. We used to call it the Howard Franklin Stein Bridge LOL one time in a very very heavy Florida Thunder shower my windshield wipers broke as I was going over the bridge and I had to roll the window down in keep looking out to see where the heck I was going. It was really a mess.
I have no idea how many times I drove over the Bay Bridges over the years because I had a sales route over on the Coast.
I left Central Florida 15 years ago and will be quite happy to never drive an automobile anywhere in that area again.