Site Navigation Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee     Pinellas County 611 North 49th Street North, Bayside Bridge, McMullen-Booth Road Pinellas County 611 North Pinellas County 611 north of the intersection with 5th Avenue South (U.S. 19 Alternate) near the Harshaw neighborhood of St. Petersburg. 49th Street generally consists of a four-lane roadway without turn lanes through the residential areas of west St. Pete. Photo taken 12/17/06. Pinellas County 611 (49th Street North) at the northbound on-ramp to U.S. 19. U.S. 19 veers northwest from Pinellas Park to east Largo and Clearwater. Construction underway presently will upgrade the arterial into a freeway from 49th Street North to Pinellas County 296 by 2009. Photo taken 02/21/06. A traffic light lies at the 49th Street North intersection with Lake Boulevard just north of U.S. 19. Lake Boulevard serves a bevy of mobile home parks to the east. Photo taken 02/21/06. 110th Avenue North links Pinellas County 611 (49th Street North) with U.S. 19 to the west and 43rd Street North to the east. Photo taken 02/21/06. A pair of state-named Interstate 275 Florida shields direct motorists eastward along Pinellas County 296 (Bryan Dairy Road) east to Exit 30 of the freeway. Photos taken 12/17/06. Presently a signalized intersection handles the movements between Pinellas County 296 and 611, but future plans call for Bryan Dairy Road to be upgraded to controlled access standards between U.S. 19 and Interstate 275. The project will work in conjunction with an extension of Roosevelt Boulevard south from Florida 686 & 688. Photo taken 02/21/06. 126th Avenue North serves a pervasive industrial area buffeting Pinellas County 611 (49th Street North) in north Pinellas Park. Photo taken 02/21/06. Next in line is the busy intersection with Florida 688 (Ulmerton Road). Ulmerton Road carries as many as eight lanes as the main arterial route linking Interstate 275 and the Howard Frankland Bridge with Largo to the west. Photo taken 02/21/06. Numerous traffic lights hang above the Pinellas County 611 (49th Street North) intersection with Florida 688 (Ulmerton Road). Florida 688 travels overall between Indian Rocks Beach and Seminole to the west to Pinellas Park and north St. Petersburg to the east. Photo taken 02/21/06. 140th Street North travels east-west from an industrial area around 49th Street North to Florida 686 (Roosevelt Boulevard) south of the airport. Photo taken 02/21/06. Florida 686 trailblazer directing travelers northward to the diamond interchange with Roosevelt Boulevard. Photo taken 02/21/06. 144th Street North represents the last traffic light before the Pinellas County 611 freeway upgrade for the Bayside Bridge. Photo taken 02/21/06. 49th Street North transitions into the Bayside Bridge approach at junction Florida 686 (Roosevelt Boulevard). The six-lane arterial briefly reduces to four lanes over Roosevelt Boulevard. Photo taken 02/21/06. Florida 686 (Roosevelt Boulevard) east reaches the terminal of St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport just southeast of Pinellas County 611. Photo taken 02/21/06. Florida 686 travels west from Pinellas County 611 to East Bay Drive in Largo. The state road ends at U.S. 19 Alternate (Seminole Boulevard) with West Bay Drive continuing to Belleair Bluffs. Florida 686 ends at the Gateway section of St. Petersburg at junction U.S. 92, Florida 687 and 694. Photo taken 02/21/06. The Bayside Bridge carries six lanes of traffic over western reaches of Old Tampa Bay. The Bayside Bridge was first envisioned as part of a 1972 freeway proposal called the Pinellas Parkway, a highway leading northeast from U.S. 19 into Safety Harbor. Voters rejected that proposal in 1976, but the need for a crossing only grew with congestion along U.S. 19. Finally by the late 1980s, the Bayside Bridge proposal was revived as a toll crossing. Construction began on January 1, 1988 with a $110 million price tag. Lobbying by local business leaders followed to have the span open as a toll-free crossing. Their efforts were successful and a 1 cent gas tax was approved to pay for the project instead. Pinellas County 611 over Old Tampa Bay opened on June 2, 1993.1 Photos taken 02/21/06 & 12/02/06 Pinellas County 611 faces daily congestion due to the bottle neck of the Bayside Bridge north end at junction Florida 60 (Gulf to Bay Boulevard). The six-lane freeway reduces to four lanes over Gulf to Bay Boulevard before the transition into the six-lane arterial McMullen-Booth Road. Photo taken 12/02/06. Equally busy Florida 60 (Gulf to Bay Boulevard) stems west to downtown Clearwater and Clearwater Beach from the Courtney Campbell Causeway, a third water crossing of Tampa Bay / Old Tampa Bay between Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. Photo taken 12/02/06. Travelers bound for Florida 60 (Gulf to Bay Boulevard) descend from the Bayside Bridge over the north shore of Old Tampa Bay. Florida 60 travels west along a busy arterial into the Skycrest neighborhood of east Clearwater. Gulf to Bay Boulevard carries the state road to Chestnut Street within the central business district of Clearwater, the county seat. A single point urban interchange handles the movements between Florida 60 and Pinellas County 611 (McMullen-Booth Road). Florida 60 west meets U.S. 19 in 1.25 miles; eastbound quickly enters the Courtney Campbell Causeway, an eight-mile land bridge across Old Tampa Bay. Photo taken 02/21/06. Continuing north along McMullen-Booth Road, Pinellas County 611 next meets Drew Street. Drew Street ventures east to Bayshore Boulevard and west as Pinellas County 528 beyond U.S. 19 to the Skycrest section of Clearwater. Photo taken 12/02/06. Pinellas County 611 shield posted beyond Drew Street. A pedestrian bridge carrying the East-WeSt Trail crosses in the background from the Eddie C. Moore Recreation Complex nearby. Photo taken 12/02/06. Florida 590 (10th Street) intersects Pinellas County 611 (McMullen Booth Road) along the Clearwater and Safety Harbor city line. Florida 590 travels west to Coachman and east to 14th Avenue South and a northerly turn. Photo taken 12/02/06. SR 590 is displayed on the hanging street sign above McMullen Booth Road at 10th Street. Florida 590 exists in two portions: The western segment begins at U.S. 19 Alternate (Myrtle Avenue) in downtown Clearwater via Drew Street and ends at 10th Avenue south of Delaware Street near downtown Safety Harbor. The second segment of Florida 590 follows Phillippe Parkway north from near Enterprise Road (Pinellas County 638) to Florida 580 in north Safety Harbor. Photo taken 12/02/06. Another reassurance marker posted along McMullen-Booth Road northbound for Pinellas County 611. Photo taken 12/02/06. Pinellas County 576 follows Main Street east to 10th Avenue South (north of Florida 590) near downtown Safety Harbor and Sunset Point Road west to U.S. 19 Alternate (Edgewater Drive) in Clearwater. Photo taken 12/02/06. McMullen-Booth Road north at Pinellas County 576 (Main Street east / Sunset Point Road) west). Photo taken 12/02/06. Approaching Enterprise Road (Pinellas County 638) on Pinellas County 611 (McMullen-Booth Road) north. Pinellas County 638 follows Enterprise Road west from Florida 590 (Phillippe Parkway) to Florida 580 (Main Street) at Countryside. Photo taken 12/02/06. Leaving the intersection with Pinellas County 638, drivers see another Pinellas County 611 shield along six-lane McMullen-Booth Road. Photo taken 12/02/06. Sources: Pinellas Bridges and Causeways, part of Justin Cozart's old BayCiti.net Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization Minutes - Meeting of November 14, 2007. Page Updated June 16, 2008.