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Interstate 175 (abbreviated I-175) in St. Petersburg, Florida, also known as South Bay Drive, is a 1.44-mile-long spur route from Interstate 275 into downtown. Interstate 175 also has the (unsigned) Florida Department of Transportation designation of State Road 594.
Eight-tenths of a mile to the north is a sibling segment of freeway designated as I-375 (State Road 592).
[edit] History
[edit] Original aspirations
The freeway may originally have been part of the former Pinellas Belt Expressway which would have followed the route of what is today, US 19 Alternate. The Pinellas Belt Expressway was killed around 1979 due to local opposition (almost the same opposition that killed Interstate 4's extension into South Pasadena in the 1970s).{{Fact|date=May 2008]} When I-75 was relocated in the late 1970s/early 1980s, five miles of additional interstate became available, thus the St. Pete feeder sections of I-175 and neighboring I-375 were upgraded to interstate status.[2]
[edit] Exit list
| County |
Location |
Mile[3] |
# |
Destinations |
Notes |
| Pinellas |
St. Petersburg |
0.000 |
|
 I-275 |
Westbound exit, eastbound entrance |
| 0.850 |
1 |
9th Street South |
Eastbound exit, westbound entrance |
| 1.152 |
2 |
6th Street South |
Eastbound exit, westbound entrance |
| 1.439 |
3 |
4th Street South |
Eastbound exit, westbound entrance |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
SR 687 in St. Petersburg
