State Road 60 West - Clearwater


SR 60 enters Pinellas County approximately two thirds of the way across Courtney Campbell Causeway.
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Continuing west from the Hillsborough County line, SR 60 enters the city of Clearwater and approaches the west shore of Old Tampa Bay. A narrow north side frontage road remains in place to the last inlet.
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Formerly Damascus Road, Dr. Kiran C. Patel Boulevard spurs northeast from SR 60 to the Tampa Bay Regional Campus of Nova Southeastern University at the Courtney Campbell Causeway west end.
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SR 60 transitions to Gulf to Bay Boulevard into Clearwater beyond Dr. Kiran C. Patel Boulevard and the final beach access point.
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Bayshore Boulevard ties into SR 60 (Gulf to Bay Boulevard) from the Cooper Bayou area and Safety Harbor to the north.
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SR 60 meets CR 611 at a single point urban interchange (SPUI). CR 611 follows McMullen-Booth Road north to Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater's performing arts center, and south along the Bayside Bridge to Clearwater-St. Petersburg International Airport (PIE).
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Sky Harbor Drive links Gulf to Bay boulevard with the backside of Clearwater Mall shopping center, Clearwater Fire Station #49, and the Sky Harbor Estates manufactured home community.
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Park Place Boulevard weaves south from Drew Street between a pair of apartment complexes to an office park and SR 60 across from Clearwater Mall.
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2011 to 2015 construction rebuilt U.S. 19 across SR 60 and added turn lanes to the adjacent service roads.
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Frontage roads alongside U.S. 19 connect SR 60 (Gulf to Bay Boulevard) with entrance ramps to the elevated freeway. The ramp for U.S. 19 north follows Drew Street (CR 528).
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U.S. 19 Alternate overlaps with SR 60 west for 0.53 miles from Missouri Avenue south to Myrtle Avenue north.
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Advancing west toward Downtown Clearwater, U.S. 19 ALT/SR 60 (Court Street) intersect Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
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U.S. 19 ALT/SR 60 partition into a one way couplet along Court Street west and Chestnut Street east ahead of Prospect Avenue and their split at Myrtle Avenue.
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U.S. 19 Alternate follows Myrtle Avenue north to Fort Harrison Avenue en route to Dunedin, Ozona and Palm Harbor.
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Prior to 2007, U.S. 19 Alternate followed Fort Harrison Avenue through Downtown Clearwater, intersecting SR 60 (Court Street) at the ensuing traffic light.
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SR 60 (Court Street) passes between the Pinellas County Courthouse and the Pinellas County Government Building west of Ft. Harrison Avenue (old U.S. 19 ALT).
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A U-turn provides return access to Downtown Clearview along SR 60 east along Chestnut Street at the beginning of Clearwater Memorial Causeway.
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SR 60 makes an S-curve northward onto the Memorial Causeway Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway.
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The Memorial Causeway Bridge rises to a height of 72 feet above Clearwater Harbor.1 Constructed between December 2002 and August 2005, the high rise span replaced a low level draw bridge.2
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The south end of Clearwater Beach comes into view from the Memorial Causeway Bridge westbound.
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SR 60 lowers onto Clearwater Memorial Causeway across Clearwater Harbor. Multi use trails line both sides of the four lane parkway.
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Island Way stems north from Clearwater Memorial Causeway to the Island Estates community and Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
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State Road 60 concludes westbound at the bridge spanning Mandalay Channel into Clearwater Beach.
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Causeway Boulevard extends a short distance west from the end of SR 60 to a roundabout with Poinsettia Avenue north, Mandalay Avenue north and Coronado Drive south.
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References:
- "New span done; old one to be torn down." St. Petersburg Times, August 20, 2005.
- SR-60 over CLEARWATER HARBOR, Pinellas County, Florida. http://bridgereports.com/1080460 BridgeReports.com
Photo Credits:
- ABRoads: 04/03/20, 06/05/20
- Alex Nitzman: 11/15/16, 02/27/22
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Page Updated Monday February 28, 2022.