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 midway between St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach. Until 2013, both highways had drawbridges in addition to low-level causeways in their configuration, and SR 679 retains this configuration. Attempts to replace the drawbridges with bridges of a different design in recent years met resistance from both nearby residents, yachtsmen, and the local chapter of the NAACP. [1]
As of 2006, studies were being conducted by FDOT as to how the bridges would be replaced and how much they would cost.[3] The low-level causeway and bascule-type drawbridge on SR 682 were replaced in 2013–2014 by a new high-level causeway without a movable span. The low-level causeway and bascule-type drawbridge on SR 679 were replaced in 2019–2021 by a new high-level causeway without a movable span.
Both Fort DeSoto Park and the Pinellas Bayway opened on December 21, 1962. The east–west portion was then signed SR A19A, a designation it kept until the mid-1980s, when FDOT did a statewide reallocation of state route numbers. Despite the redesignation, some local businesses and residents still refer to A19A when mentioning the Bayway.
On October 14, 2000, the portion of SR 679 in Fort De Soto Park was transferred to Pinellas County.[1]
^ abTransportation and Data Analytics Office (June 12, 2017). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^Transportation and Data Analytics Office (May 31, 2018). "Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory". Florida Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^Swider, Paul (May 12, 2006). Officials consider replacing Tierra Verde bridge St. Petersburg Times.
The PinellasBayway 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 southern terminus of SR 699 is at the extreme western end of PinellasBayway (SR 682) in St. Pete Beach; the northern terminus is the extreme western...
community extends southward from the PinellasBayway causeway into the waters of southern Boca Ciega Bay. Bayway Isles is a guarded, deed-restricted community...
of I-75 known as Alligator Alley, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the PinellasBayway System and the Beachline East (State Road 528) – all FDOT-owned roads...
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and Pinellas Park. While the A19A designation is better known, 66th Street had the SR 693 signage long before the opening of the PinellasBayway on December...
central tall cable-stayed bridge that spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas County (St. Petersburg, Florida) to Manatee County (Terra Ceia, Florida)...
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has been paved. In Pinellas County, the causeway trail connects to the Ream Wilson Clearwater Trail and, thereby, to the Pinellas Trail. Given the demolition...
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regularly scheduled trips to the island. In 1962, a toll road, the PinellasBayway (formerly State Road A19A, now SR 682), was completed to the mainland...
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of SR 682 as part of the PinellasBayway toll road. Within St. Pete Beach, A19A followed the portion of SR 699 from the Bayway to 75th Street. From St...
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SR 682 in St. Petersburg
SR 699 in St. Pete Beach
I-275 / US 19 in St. Petersburg
