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State Road 679
Length: 4. 82 mi[1] (7. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 76 km)
South end: Fort DeSoto Park
North end: SR 682 in Tierra Verde
Florida State and County Roads
< SR 678 SR 681 >
State Road 682
Length: 3. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Fort De Soto Park is at the far southern tip of the city of St Tierra Verde is a Census-designated place (CDP in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. Roads maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation or a toll authority are referred to officially as State Roads, abbreviated SR. State Road 678 is a 05-mile (08 km stretch of Bearss Avenue between Florida Avenue ( Business US 41 / SR 685) and Nebraska Avenue ( US 41 / SR 45 State Road 681 is a four-mile-long spur of Interstate 75 ( SR 93) near Nokomis Florida. 72 mi[2] (5. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 99 km)
West end: SR 699 in St. Pete Beach
Major
junctions:		 SR 679 in Tierra Verde
East end: I-275/US 19 in St. Petersburg
Florida State and County Roads
< SR 681 SR 683 >

The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two Florida State Roads in Pinellas County, Florida. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Locally known as Gulf Boulevard and Blind Pass Road State Road 699 is a 15-mile-long road running the length of the Pinellas County Barrier islands in the St Pete Beach is a coastal city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States famous for its status as a tourist destination Tierra Verde is a Census-designated place (CDP in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. Interstate 275 (I-275 in Florida serves the Tampa Bay Metropolitan area. US Route 19 is a north-south US Highway. Despite encroaching Interstate Highways the route has remained a long-haul route connecting Lake Erie with St Petersburg (often shortened to St Pete) is a city in Pinellas County Florida, United States. Roads maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation or a toll authority are referred to officially as State Roads, abbreviated SR. State Road 681 is a four-mile-long spur of Interstate 75 ( SR 93) near Nokomis Florida. US Route 301 is a spur of US Route 1 running through the South Atlantic States. Roads maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation or a toll authority are referred to officially as State Roads, abbreviated SR. Pinellas County is a county located in the US state of Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. A toll road, (also known as a tollway, turnpike, pike, or toll highway, especially if it is constructed to Freeway standards The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment maintenance and regulation of public transportation in the state of It also is compatible with the SunPass ETC system currently in used on all other FDOT-owned toll roads. SunPass is an Electronic toll collection system in use by the State of Florida and was originally created by the Florida Department of Transportation 's Electronic toll collection (ETC, an adaptation of military " Identification friend or foe " technology aims to eliminate the delay on Toll roads It is a The Pinellas Bayway consists of:

The two State Roads intersect on Isla del Sol midway between St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach. Both highways have drawbridges in addition to low-level causeways in their configuration. A drawbridge is a type of Movable bridge typically associated with the entrance of a Castle. In modern usage a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank usually across a broad Body of water or Wetland. Attempts to replace the drawbridges with bridges of a different design in recent years have met resistance from both nearby residents, yachtsmen, and the local chapter of the NAACP. Yachting is an activity involving boats It may be racing Sailing boats cruising to distant shores or day-sailing along a coast The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations [1] Studies are being conducted by FDOT as to how the bridges will be replaced and how much they would cost. [2]

Both Fort DeSoto Park and the Pinellas Bayway opened on December 21, 1962. The east-west portion was then signed SR A19A, a designation it kept until the mid-1980s, when FDOT did a statewide reallocation of state route numbers. State Road A19A is a loop in the St Petersburg Florida, area that currently consists of the entirety of the north-south SR 693 (66th Street a stretch of The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

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Tolls

The Pinellas Bayway system employs cash and electronic toll collection. While casual users of the Bayway system may use their SunPass or other Florida-compatible electronic toll collection transponders, two discount programs for Bayway Isle and commuters are also authorized, in conjunction with SunPass usage.

Bayway Isle residents may purchase a Bayway Isle annual pass for $15 annually, allowing them unlimited passage through the northeast toll plaza, only. This discount was authorized at the time of the original construction of the facility. The pass is sold in June of each year and expires on July 1 the following year.

Commuters and other frequent users have the option of purchasing an unlimited pass for $50 annually. This commuter pass, which is good at all three plazas on the Bayway system, is renewable each September, and was authorized by legislation in 1985.

The prices include the rental of transponder for the term of the annual pass.

Toll Controversy

On November 28, 2007 the Florida Department of Transportation held a public hearing and revealed that they planned to more than double the cash and Sunpass tolls on the Pinellas Bayway, and to eliminate the $15 Bayway resident pass. The funds from these increased tolls would be used to issue bonds for the eventual improvement of the bridges of the Bayway System.

There has been much controversy over these toll increases. Local public officials (including Mayor Rick Baker of St. Petersburg) have come out loudly against what some perceive as an unfair allocation of costs to Pinellas Bayway residents. In February, 2008 an ad-hoc coalition of affected Homeowner Associations, the "Citizens's Bayway Task Force' organized to fight the toll increase. The legislation to increase the tolls on the Pinellas Bayway was withdrawn on March 19, 2008. [3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/pdfs/fedaidreport.pdf FDOT Federal-Aid Report
  2. ^ http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/pdfs/fedaidreport.pdf FDOT Federal-Aid Report

External Links

Discussion of the Pinellas Bayway at the Drawbridges of Pinellas County page

Discussion of the Tierra Verde Bridge at the Drawbridges of Pinellas County page

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment maintenance and regulation of public transportation in the state of The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment maintenance and regulation of public transportation in the state of
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