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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. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Landsat image of Tampa Bay Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the western coast of Florida, made up of Old Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, and the New Tampa Bay. ... 1st incorporation date 1891 2nd Incorporation date 1915 Zip Codes 33755-65 County Pinellas (county seat) Mayor Frank Hibbard Population  - City (2005)  - Tampa Bay Metro   108,687 2,600,000 (estimate) Time zone Eastern: UTC-5 Latitude Longitude 27°58 N 82°46 W City of Clearwaters Official Website... // Largo, Florida Cultural Center Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, USA and is part of the Tampa Bay Area. ... Bypass may refer to: bypass (road) - a road or highway that bypasses a built-up area. ... United States Highway 19 is a north-south United States highway. ... Spui may refer to the following things: Spui, a river in The Netherlands SPUI (Single Point Urban Interchange), a type of highway interchange This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... SR-60 is one of the major state roads signed east to west in Florida transversing the state from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. ... A typical diamond interchange A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction. ...

Currently there are plans to connect the Bayside Bridge to nearby Interstate 275 via a limited access freeway. The 63. ...

Links

County Road 296 Connection Project at Tampa Bay Interstates site

Crossings of the Tampa Bay
Upstream Courtney Campbell Causeway	Clearwater Bayside Bridge	Downstream Howard Frankland Bridge