Florida State Road 60

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State Road 60
Length: 158.8 mi (255.6 km)
West end: Mandalay Ave. / Gulfview Blvd. in Clearwater Beach
Major
junctions:		 US 19 in Clearwater
I-275 in Tampa
US 41 in Tampa
US 301 in Riverview
I-75 in Brandon
US 17/US 98 in Bartow
US 27 in Lake Wales
FL Tpk/US 441 in Yeehaw Junction
I-95 near Vero Beach
US 1 in Vero Beach
East end: Ocean Drive in Vero Beach
Florida State and County Roads
< SR 59 SR 60A >
Entrance to Pier 60 Park at the western terminus of State Road 60.
Entrance to Pier 60 Park at the western terminus of State Road 60.
Memorial Causeway Bridge looking left from under the bridge toward Clearwater, Beach.
Memorial Causeway Bridge looking left from under the bridge toward Clearwater, Beach.

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.

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 is a lonely two-lane road until reaching Interstate 95 near Vero Beach. Construction is underway that will make SR 60 a divided highway from Florida's Turnpike at Yeehaw Junction eastward to Interstate 95. From there until its western 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.

[edit] Cities and Other communities on SR-60

From west to east:

[edit] 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 Merril P. Barber Bridge.
  • Merril P. Barber Bridge over Indian River.
  • Beachland Boulevard until Eastern Terminus.
State Road 60 (westbound) as it straddles the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway's local viaduct and reversible lanes bridge near Tampa.
State Road 60 (westbound) as it straddles the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway's local viaduct and reversible lanes bridge near Tampa.

[edit] 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".