Bayside Bridge (Pinellas County, Florida)
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The Bayside Bridge crosses over the northwesternmost end of Tampa Bay, connecting Clearwater, Florida and Largo, Florida. Construction began in the early 1990s and was completed in Summer of 1993, officially opening for traffic on June 2nd of that year. Originally conceived in the 1970s as the 49th Street Bridge, a toll-levied part of the 12-mile Pinellas Parkway, the current six-lane twin-span bridge provides direct, unmitigated access from eastern Clearwater to St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport by connecting McMullen Booth Road to 49th Street North and also serves as a bypass for heavily-congested US-19. It features a SPUI interchange at State Road 60 and a diamond interchange on the south end of the bridge. Cost of construction is estimated at $71 million, virtually all of which funded by a gasoline surcharge tax, thus eliminating the need for toll collection on the span.
Currently there are plans to connect the Bayside Bridge to nearby Interstate 275 via a limited access freeway.
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County Road 296 Connection Project at Tampa Bay Interstates site
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Clearwater Bayside Bridge |
Downstream Howard Frankland Bridge  |
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