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Dunedin Causeway
The Dunedin Causeway is a series of three bridges (the outer ones are the fixed bridges, and the middle one a double-leaf bascule bridge) that cross the St. Joseph Sound, part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, connecting the barrier islands of Honeymoon Island State Park and the mainland of Dunedin, Florida. The causeway carries CR 586 and it was built in 1963. The causeway is lined on each side by water with vistas of St. Joseph Sound and plenty of free parking along the access areas that parallel the main roadway. See also * Clearwater Memorial Causeway * Sand Key Bridge * Belleair Causeway * Indian Rocks Causeway * Park Boulevard Bridge * Tom Stuart Causeway * John's Pass Bridge * Treasure Island Causeway * Corey Causeway * Pinellas Bayway The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two state roads in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. It also is compatible with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bascule Bridge
A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- or double-leafed. The name comes from the French term for balance scale, which employs the same principle. Bascule bridges are the most common type of movable span because they open quickly and require relatively little energy to operate, while providing the possibility for unlimited vertical clearance for marine traffic. History Bascule bridges have been in use since ancient times, but until the adoption of steam power in the 1850s, very long, heavy spans could not be moved quickly enough for practical application. Types There are three types of bascule bridge and the counterweights to the span may be located above or below the bridge deck. The fixed-trunnion (sometimes a "Chicago" bascule) rotates around a large axle that raises the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clearwater Memorial Causeway
The Clearwater Memorial Causeway byway is a six-lane road between downtown Clearwater and Clearwater Beach, Florida, and includes a bi-fixed-span bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway. Constructed out of Concrete coated in bio-degradable Ceramic Polyethylene. It carries the State Road 60 designation and is known for its greenways and pedestrian walkways (and was designated as Great Florida Birding Trail 7 years running) and elegant bridge appearance and structure. The road is also a major evacuation route during hurricane season. History The original Memorial Causeway Bridge was a two-lane flat span Drawbridge that opened in the September, 1920. It connected downtown Clearwater and Clearwater Beach for nearly thirty-plus years until it was replaced by a bascule bridge in the 1950s. A portion of the original bridge was demolished with the remaining section kept open as a fishing pier. Even though the bascule bridge served the needs of Clearwater through its entire lifespan, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinellas Bayway
The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two state roads in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. It also is compatible with the SunPass ETC system currently in use on all other FDOT-owned toll roads. The Pinellas Bayway consists of: * State Road 682, an east–west divided highway connecting SR 699 on a Gulf of Mexico barrier island near St. Pete Beach, Florida to Interstate 275 ( SR 93) and US 19 ( SR 55) in St. Petersburg. The 3.7-mile-long State Road 682 passes over three bridges (toll:$1.00) as it crosses the entrance of Boca Ciega Bay. * State Road 679, a hook-shaped north–south road with a four-lane divided northern half (between SR 682 and Tierra Verde) and a two-lane southern half serving Fort De Soto Park at the tip of the "hook" (75 cents toll). Motorists traveling the entire length of SR 679 traverse two bridges. The two State Roads intersect on Isla del Sol mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Causeway
The Corey Causeway is a series of three twin-span bridges that cross the Boca Ciega Bay, part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The causeway carries SR 693. The two east bridges are fixed bridges, and the west bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge. It connects the barrier islands of St. Pete Beach and the mainland of South Pasadena, Florida. The westbound span of the Corey Causeway was built in 1966, and the eastbound span was built in 1975, which replaced the original causeway built in the 1930s. References See also *Dunedin Causeway *Clearwater Memorial Causeway *Sand Key Bridge *Belleair Causeway *Indian Rocks Causeway * Park Boulevard Bridge *Tom Stuart Causeway *John's Pass Bridge *Treasure Island Causeway *Pinellas Bayway The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two state roads in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. It also is compatible with the SunPass ETC sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Island Causeway
Treasure Island Causeway is a series of three bridges (the outer ones fixed, the middle one a bascule drawbridge) crossing Boca Ciega Bay between Treasure Island and St. Petersburg in Pinellas County, Florida. The bridge, which carries County Road 150 (CR 150), is owned and maintained by the City of Treasure Island, which used to charge all motorists $1.00 toll, until June, 2006, when the first span of the bridge was reopened with no toll booth. Residents of two St. Petersburg waterfront communities (Causeway Isles and Yacht Club Estates) used to pay a $10 annual road tax to the City of Treasure Island to help support road and median maintenance. That tax was eliminated in the spring of 2007. Treasure Island's ownership of the causeway in St. Petersburg was part of a land agreement entered into when these two cities were born: St. Petersburg's founding fathers purchased the Municipal Beach on the shores of the neighboring Gulf of Mexico community, Treasure Island, outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John's Pass Bridge
Locally known as Gulf Boulevard and Blind Pass Road, State Road 699 (SR 699) is a 15-mile-long road running the length of the Pinellas County barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico and serving the popular beaches near St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Largo. The southern terminus of SR 699 is at the extreme western end of Pinellas Bayway ( SR 682) in St. Pete Beach; the northern terminus is the extreme western end of SR 688 in Indian Rocks Beach. State Road 699 is the closest Gulf Coast analog to SR A1A on the Atlantic coast of Florida: indeed, the southernmost two miles (3 km) of SR 699 (between Corey Causeway ( SR 693) and the Pinellas Bayway) are part of a loop that Florida Department of Transportation designated as A19A. A six-mile-long continuation of Gulf Boulevard along Sand Key (to the bridge over Clearwater Pass) is designated County Road 183; a similar, shorter extension south of SR 682, Pass-a-Grille Way to Pass-a-Grille Park, is not a designated State or County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Stuart Causeway
State Road 666 (SR 666) is a short state road in Pinellas County. Locally known as Tom Stuart Causeway, Welch Causeway, or Madeira Beach Causeway, the route crosses Boca Ciega Bay from Seminole to Madeira Beach. The bridge crossing Boca Ciega Bay is a bascule bridge with 11 spans, built in 1962. The route ends with an interchange with U.S. Route 19 Alternate (US 19 Alt.) in Bay Pines (originally built for the formerly proposed Pinellas Belt Expressway). The southwestern terminus of the route is at State Road 699 in Madeira Beach, in front of the Ocean Sands hotel. Major intersections See also * Dunedin Causeway * Clearwater Memorial Causeway * Sand Key Bridge * Belleair Causeway * Indian Rocks Causeway * Park Boulevard Bridge * John's Pass Bridge * Treasure Island Causeway * Corey Causeway * Pinellas Bayway References External links 666 666 666 may refer to: * 666 (number) * 666 BC, a year * AD 666, a year * The number of the beast, a reference in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Boulevard Bridge
The Park Boulevard Bridge (originally called 78th Avenue Bridge) is a double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Narrows, part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, connecting the barrier islands of Indian Shores and the mainland of Seminole, Florida. The bridge carries Park Boulevard, part of CR 694. The bridge was built in 1981. It had a toll, but ten years later, the tolls were removed . See also *Dunedin Causeway *Clearwater Memorial Causeway *Sand Key Bridge *Belleair Causeway *Indian Rocks Causeway *Tom Stuart Causeway *John's Pass Bridge *Treasure Island Causeway *Corey Causeway *Pinellas Bayway The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two state roads in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. It also is compatible with the SunPass ETC system ... References Transportation in Pinellas County, Florida Road bridges in Florida Bascule bridges in the United States { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Rocks Causeway
The Indian Rocks Causeway (also called the Indian Rocks Bridge) is a twin-span double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Narrows, part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, connecting the barrier islands of Indian Rocks Beach and the mainland of Largo, Florida. The bridge carries Walsingham Road, part of SR 688. The eastbound span of the Indian Rocks Causeway was built in 1958, replacing the original swing bridge built in 1916, and the westbound span was built in 1999. References See also *Dunedin Causeway *Clearwater Memorial Causeway *Sand Key Bridge *Belleair Causeway *Park Boulevard Bridge *Tom Stuart Causeway *John's Pass Bridge *Treasure Island Causeway *Corey Causeway *Pinellas Bayway The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two state roads in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. It also is compatible with the SunPass ETC system ... Causeways in Florida Bascule b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belleair Causeway
The Belleair Causeway is a concrete girder bridge that crosses the Intracoastal Waterway, connecting the barrier islands of Belleair Beach and the mainland of Largo, Florida. The bridge carries West Bay Drive, part of CR 416, and was built in 2009, replacing a double-leaf bascule bridge built in 1950. See also * Dunedin Causeway * Clearwater Memorial Causeway * Sand Key Bridge * Indian Rocks Causeway * Park Boulevard Bridge * Tom Stuart Causeway * John's Pass Bridge * Treasure Island Causeway * Corey Causeway * Pinellas Bayway The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two state roads in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. It also is compatible with the SunPass ETC system ... References Concrete girder bridges Bridges completed in 2010 Bridges completed in 1950 Causeways in Florida {{Florida-bridge-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sand Key Bridge
The Sand Key Bridge (also called the Clearwater Pass Bridge) is a girder bridge that crosses the Clearwater Pass, connecting Clearwater and Belleair Beach, Florida. The bridge carries Gulf of Mexico Boulevard, part of SR 699, and it was built in 1995, replacing the original bascule bridge built in the 1960s. The bascule bridge was owned and maintained by the City of Clearwater, and current bridge and owned and maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation. See also * Dunedin Causeway * Clearwater Memorial Causeway * Belleair Causeway * Indian Rocks Causeway * Park Boulevard Bridge * Tom Stuart Causeway * John's Pass Bridge * Treasure Island Causeway * Corey Causeway * Pinellas Bayway The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two state roads in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. It also is compatible with the SunPass ETC system ... References Road bridges in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Road 586 (Pinellas County, Florida)
The following is a list of county roads in Pinellas County, Florida. All county roads are maintained by the county in which they reside, however not all of them are marked with standard MUTCD approved county road shields. County routes in Pinellas County References FDOT Map of Pinellas County, Florida accessed January 2014 {{FLCR |
