Pinellas Bayway

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Florida 682.svg

State Road 679 & State Road 682

Pinellas Bayway
SR 679 highlighted in red and SR 682 in blue
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
State Road 679
Length4.816 mi [1]  (7.751 km)
South end Fort De Soto Park
North endFlorida 682.svg SR 682 in St. Petersburg
State Road 682
Length3.721 mi [2]  (5.988 km)
West endFlorida 699.svg SR 699 in St. Pete Beach
East endI-275.svgUS 19.svg I-275  / US 19 in St. Petersburg
Location
Country United States
State Florida
Highway system
Florida 678.svg SR 678 Florida 681.svg SR 681
Florida 681.svg SR 681 Florida 683.svg SR 683

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:

Contents

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. 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]

Tolls

The Pinellas Bayway system employs cash and electronic toll collection. Casual users of the Bayway system may use their SunPass or other Florida-compatible electronic toll collection transponders such as LeeWay, E-PASS, and E-ZPass. [4]

Two discounted annual passes for Bayway Isle residents and commuters are also authorized, in conjunction with SunPass usage. The prices include the rental of transponder for the term of the annual pass. [4]

Withdrawn toll increase

On November 28, 2007, the Florida Department of Transportation held a public hearing and revealed that they planned to more than double the cash and Sunpass tolls on the Pinellas Bayway, and to eliminate the $15 Bayway resident pass. The funds from these increased tolls would be used to issue bonds for the eventual improvement of the bridges of the Bayway System.

Local public officials (including Mayor Rick Baker of St. Petersburg) spoke out loudly against what some perceive as an unfair allocation of costs to Pinellas Bayway residents. In February 2008, an ad hoc coalition of affected Homeowner Associations, the Citizens's Bayway Task Force, organized to fight the toll increase. The legislation to increase the tolls on the Pinellas Bayway was withdrawn on March 19, 2008. [5]

Major intersections

SR 679 within Fort De Soto Park Florida State Road 679 mosbo6.jpg
SR 679 within Fort De Soto Park
Florida State Road 679 junction sign on Pinellas Bayway Florida State Road 679 junction sign on Pinellas Bayway.jpg
Florida State Road 679 junction sign on Pinellas Bayway
The bascule bridge on SR 682 in 2011, before it was dismantled and replaced by a high-level bridge Old Pinellas Bayway Drawbridge on SR 682 open for sailboat in 2011.jpg
The bascule bridge on SR 682 in 2011, before it was dismantled and replaced by a high-level bridge

SR 679

The entire route is in Pinellas County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Fort De Soto Park 0.0000.000
3.4 [6] 5.5Anderson Boulevard - East Beach
5.1448.278South end of state maintenance
5.144–
5.420
8.278–
8.723
Bridge over Bunces Pass (southbound toll)
8.476–
8.739
13.641–
14.064
Bridge over Boca Ciega Bay Main Channel (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway)
St. Petersburg 9.96016.029Florida 682.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-275.svg
SR 682 (Pinellas Bayway) to I-275 (Sunshine Skyway) St. Pete Beach, St. Petersburg
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

SR 682

The entire route is in Pinellas County.

Locationmi [2] kmDestinationsNotes
St. Pete Beach 0.0000.000North plate.svg
Florida 699.svg
SR 699 north (Gulf Boulevard) Pass-A-Grille, Treasure Island, Historic District
0.429–
0.906
0.690–
1.458
Bridge over Boca Ciega Bay (eastbound toll)
St. Petersburg 1.4242.292South plate.svg
Florida 679.svg
SR 679 south Tierra Verde, Fort Desoto Park, Shell & Egmont Keys Ferry
2.8214.540Toll Plaza (westbound only)
3.5685.742North plate blue.svg
I-275.svg
I-275 north (SR 93) Tampa
I-275 exit 17
3.7215.988US 19.svgTo plate blue.svg
South plate blue.svg
I-275.svg
US 19 (34th Street South / SR 55) to I-275 south Bradenton
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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