Florida State Road 60

State Road 60A
State Road 60A
Location	Bartow

State Road 60 is an east–west route transversing Florida from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. The western terminus of SR 60 is at the Sunsets at Pier 60 in Clearwater. The eastern terminus is in Vero Beach near the Atlantic Coast just past State Road A1A.

Route description

SR 60 is primarily a four lane divided highway from its western terminus through the town of Lake Wales to Polk County Highway 630 near Indian Lake Estates; from there it was a lonely two-lane road until reaching Florida's Turnpike at Yeehaw Junction, but has recently become a four-lane highway as well. From there until its eastern terminus it is a divided highway.

In the Tampa Bay area it is the main route from Tampa to the Clearwater area beaches and from Tampa International Airport to northern Pinellas county. It also provides service from Tampa International Airport to the Suncoast Parkway. It is the main non-limited access route from downtown Tampa to Brandon, paralleling the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.

As of 2005, SR 60 briefly divides into two, one-way streets in southern downtown Clearwater. This is a result of the recent realignment of the SR 60 corridor in the area, following the completion of the new Memorial Causeway.

Local street names for SR 60

From west to east:

Causeway Boulevard from the intersection with Gulfview Boulevard and Mandalay Avenue on Clearwater Beach to causeway.
Memorial Causeway on causeway between Clearwater Beach and mainland Clearwater.
SR 60 divides into Court Street (one-way westbound) and Chestnut Street (one-way eastbound) between Bay Ave and Ewing Ave.
Court Street from Ewing Ave to S Highland Ave.
Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard from S Highland Avenue to Tampa Bay.
Courtney Campbell Causeway over Tampa Bay to Eisenhower Boulevard in Tampa
Eisenhower Boulevard until south entrance of Tampa International Airport. (Briefly co-signed with SR 589)
Memorial Highway from airport entrance to junction I-275
John F. Kennedy Boulevard from I-275 to Channelside Drive. (Cosigned with Business U.S. Highway 41 most of that section)
Channelside Drive until junction Adamo Drive.
Adamo Drive until junction with Interstate 75.
Brandon Boulevard from I-75 until Mount Carmel Road.
Simply signed SR 60 from there until reaching Mulberry city limits.
Canal Street in Mulberry, resumes SR 60 signage east of Mulberry.
West Main Street west of Bartow city limits.
SR 60 divides into SR 60A(Bypass 60) and (Business) SR 60 at Baker Street in Bartow
- Bypass 60 called Van Fleet Drive until rejoining business route. (cosigned with US 98 for part of that route)
- Business 60 continues Main Street signage until US 17 then Flamingo Drive until merger back to Bypass.
From east of Bartow through Lake Wales is simply called SR 60, although it is also called Hesperides Road especially in eastern Lake Wales and east of the city.
Simply signed SR 60 until Interstate 95.
20th Street (one-way eastbound) and 20th Place (one-way westbound) in Vero Beach until State Road 603.
Cosigned with SR 603 as Vero Isles Boulevard until Merrill P. Barber Bridge.
Merrill P. Barber Bridge over the Indian River.
Beachland Boulevard until eastern terminus.

Clearwater realignment

Originally, SR 60 in Clearwater traveled west of Highland Avenue along Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard and Cleveland Street to the Memorial Causeway. When construction of the new Memorial Causeway began in 2001/2002, SR 60 was realigned along Court Street and Pierce Boulevard to the Causeway, with the original alignment downloaded to the city of Clearwater. Between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Pierce, SR 60 is split into two one-way streets—Court Street carrying westbound traffic, and Chestnut Street carrying eastbound traffic.

Prior to the realignment, Court Street east of Missouri Avenue was known as SR 651, while Court and Chestnut Streets west of Missouri was a locally maintained road signed as "Bypass 60".

Major intersections

County	Location^[1]	Mile^[2]	Destinations	Notes
Pinellas	Clearwater Beach	0.00	Coronado Drive, Mandalay Ave, Poinsettia Ave	Western Terminus of SR-60
	Clearwater Memorial Causeway over the Intracoastal Waterway
	Clearwater	2.07	US 19 Alt. (Ft. Harrison Ave) – Belleair
	Clearwater	6.36	US 19 – St. Petersburg, Tarpon Springs
Courtney Campbell Causeway over Old Tampa Bay
Hillsborough	Tampa	17.65	SR 589 north (Veterans Expressway)	Southern Terminus of SR-618; Begin freeway portion
		18.60	SR 616 east – Tampa International Airport	Western Terminus of SR-616
		19.40	I-275 to I-4 east – Ocala, St. Petersburg	Exit 39A&B on I-275; End freeway portion
		21.07	US 92 (Dale Mabry Highway) / SR 685 - MacDill AFB
		23.97	US 41 Bus. south (Tampa Street)	West end of BUS-41 overlap
		24.46	SR 618 (Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway)
		24.57	SR 45 (Meridian Ave.)
		25.78	US 41 Bus. north (22nd Street) / SR 585 north	Southern Terminus of SR-585; East end of US-41 overlap
		26.87	US 41 (50th Street) – Ruskin
	Brandon	30.85	US 301 – Zephyrhills
	Brandon	32.50	I-75 – Naples, Ocala	Exit 257 on I-75
		45.27	SR 39 north / CR 39 south – Plant City	Southern Terminus of SR-39; Northern Terminus of CR-39
Polk	Mulberry	55.35	SR 37 (Church Ave) – Lakeland
	Bartow	63.62	US 98 west / SR 700 south	Northern Terminus of SR-700; Southern Terminus of CR-700; West end of US-98 overlap
		64.51	US 17 north – Winter Haven	West end of US-17 overlap
		64.62	US 17 south / US 98 east – Bowling Green	East end of US-17/98 overlap
	Lake Wales	79.23	US 27 – Haines City
Osceola	Yeehaw Junction	125.48	US 441 (Kenansville Hwy)
Osceola	Yeehaw Junction	126.12	Florida's Turnpike – Orlando, Miami	Exit 193 on Turnpike
Indian River		150.47	I-95 – West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach	Exit 147 on I-95
	Vero Beach	157.89	US 1 north – Palm Bay	West end of US-1 overlap
	Vero Beach	158.36	US 1 south – Fort Pierce	East end of US-1 overlap
	Merrill P. Barber Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway
	Indian River Shores	161.22	SR A1A (Ocean Drive)	Eastern Terminus of SR-60; Roadway continues east as Beachland Blvd.

State Road 60A

State Road 60A served as a bypass for Bartow, Florida, until SR 60 was realigned to follow that route in 2006. It is briefly cosigned with US 98 during its route. It is mainly known as Van Fleet Drive.

Stuckey's/BP in Yeehaw Junction, Florida. The only gas station for 60 miles (97 km) if traveling towards Lake Wales and Tampa.

External links

Florida State Road 60(SouthEastRoads.com)

References

^ U.S. Census Bureau. "2009 Boundary and Annexation Survey Maps". Retrieved June 4, 2009.
^ Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT Interchange Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 4, 2007.

[1] U.S. Census Bureau. "2009 Boundary and Annexation Survey Maps". Retrieved June 4, 2009.

[Interchange-2] Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT Interchange Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 4, 2007.

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