Table TRANS 1. Identification and classification of ports, 3 including 

 beginning dates of operation under jurisdiction of local port authorities 

 (Florida Department of Transportation 1978b). 



Port and classification 



Size 

 (acres) 



Date 



operations 



began 



Major ports 



Port of Manatee 

 Port of Tampa 



675.0 

 567.5 



1971 

 1945 



Medium ports 



Port Charlotte 



Port of St. Petersburg 



N.D. 

 N.D. 



N.D. 

 N.D. 



. No small ports. 

 Under the port authority. 



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