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Title: FL 60/Courtney Campbell Causeway
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 15, 2019, 09:00:56 PM
Drove FL 60 to US 19 on my way back around Tampa Bay which goes directly over the Courtney Campbell Causeway west of FL 589/Veterans Expressway.  My photos are below:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmzcfyMv
Title: Re: FL 60/Courtney Campbell Causeway
Post by: roadman65 on January 17, 2019, 08:50:22 AM
The other day all ten miles westbound across it was stop and go. That bridge is a mess.
Title: Re: FL 60/Courtney Campbell Causeway
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 17, 2019, 09:30:43 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on January 17, 2019, 08:50:22 AM
The other day all ten miles westbound across it was stop and go. That bridge is a mess.

I'm sure, I've been on before when it gets like that.  Probably didn't hurt I was headed westbound mid-say between the rush hours.  Even US 19 wasn't all that bad compared to ugly it gets at times. 
Title: Re: FL 60/Courtney Campbell Causeway
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 02, 2019, 12:01:46 AM
Finished up my blog post on the Courtney Campbell Causeway:

https://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2019/02/florida-state-road-60-over-courtney.html

Something I didn't hit on in the blog but I noticed in map research was that FL 589 was multiplexed on FL 60/Columbus Drive west to the Causeway.  I'm assuming that this was part of some early fledged attempt to built the Veteran's Expressway but I was pretty surprised to see the route back in the 1950s.
Title: Re: FL 60/Courtney Campbell Causeway
Post by: Stephane Dumas on February 02, 2019, 09:17:01 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 17, 2019, 09:30:43 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on January 17, 2019, 08:50:22 AM
The other day all ten miles westbound across it was stop and go. That bridge is a mess.

I'm sure, I've been on before when it gets like that.  Probably didn't hurt I was headed westbound mid-say between the rush hours.  Even US 19 wasn't all that bad compared to ugly it gets at times. 

Wasn't once some plans to turn FL-60 into a freeway between US-19 and FL-589/Veterans expressway?