Florida State Road 60
State Road 60 (SR 60) is an east–west route transversing Florida from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. The western terminus of SR 60 is at the Sunsets at Pier 60 site in Clearwater Beach. The eastern terminus is in Vero Beach near the Atlantic Coast just past State Road A1A.
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SR 60 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 161.336 mi[1] (259.645 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945–present | |||
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| West end | Clearwater Beach | |||
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| Location | ||||
| Counties | Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk, Osceola, Indian River | |||
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Route description
SR60 between the Florida State Road 616/Tampa International Airport interchange (bottom left) and Interstate 275 (upper right
SR 60 is primarily a four lane divided highway from its western terminus through the town of Lake Wales to County Road 630 near Indian Lake Estates; from there it is a two-lane road until reaching Florida's Turnpike at Yeehaw Junction. From there until its eastern terminus it is a divided highway.
In the Tampa Bay area it is the main route from Tampa to the Clearwater area beaches and from Tampa International Airport to northern Pinellas county. It also provides service from Tampa International Airport to the Suncoast Parkway. It is the main non-limited access route from downtown Tampa to Brandon, paralleling the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.
As of 2005, SR 60 briefly divides into two, one-way streets in southern downtown Clearwater. This is a result of the recent realignment of the SR 60 corridor in the area, following the completion of the new Memorial Causeway.
Local street names for SR 60
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Clearwater Memorial Causeway Bridge viewed from the southeast corner of the bridge
Concurrent US98/SR60 (eastbound) in Bartow approaching their split
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The eastern terminus of Florida State Road 60 is located on State Road A1A.
From west to east:
- Causeway Boulevard from the intersection with Gulfview Boulevard and Mandalay Avenue on Clearwater Beach to causeway.
- Memorial Causeway on causeway between Clearwater Beach and mainland Clearwater.
- SR 60 divides into Court Street (one-way westbound) and Chestnut Street (one-way eastbound) between Bay Ave and Ewing Ave.
- Court Street from Ewing Ave to S Highland Ave.
- Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard from S Highland Avenue to Tampa Bay.
- Courtney Campbell Causeway over Tampa Bay to Memorial Highway, the eastern terminus of Courtney Campbell Causeway, and the southern terminus of SR 589 in Tampa
- Memorial Highway from the eastern terminus of Courtney Campbell Causeway and southern terminus of SR 589 to junction I-275
- John F. Kennedy Boulevard from I-275 to Channelside Drive. (Cosigned with Business U.S. Highway 41 most of that section)
- Channelside Drive until junction Adamo Drive.
- Adamo Drive until junction with Interstate 75.
- Brandon Boulevard from I-75 until Mount Carmel Road.
- SR 60 to Plant City.
- Hopewell Road in Plant City, resumes SR 60 east of Plant City.
- Simply signed SR 60 from there until reaching Mulberry city limits.
- Canal Street in Mulberry, resumes SR 60 signage east of Mulberry.
- West Main Street west of Bartow city limits.
- SR 60 divides into SR 60A (Bypass 60) and Business SR 60 at Baker Street in Bartow
- Bypass 60 called Van Fleet Drive until rejoining business route. (cosigned with US 98 for part of that route)
- Business 60 continues Main Street signage until US 17 then Flamingo Drive until merger back to Bypass.
- From east of Bartow to Lake Wales is simply called SR 60. In Lake Wales it is called West Polk, although it changes to Hesperides Road in eastern Lake Wales and east of the city.
- Simply signed SR 60 until Interstate 95.
- 20th Street in Vero Beach from Interstate 95 to 20th Avenue.
- 19th Place (one-way eastbound) and 20th Street (one-way westbound) in Vero Beach from east of 20th Avenue until Commerce Avenue.
- 20th Street (one-way eastbound) and 20th Place (one-way westbound) in Vero Beach from east of Commerce Avenue to west of 6th Avenue.
- 20th Street from west of 6th Avenue in Vero Beach to Indian River Blvd.
- Cosigned with Indian River Blvd until Merrill P. Barber Bridge.
- Merrill P. Barber Bridge over the Indian River.
- Beachland Boulevard after bridge until eastern terminus at State Road A1A.
- Stan Mayfield Memorial Highway from the Florida Turnpike to I-95.[2]
- Richard Raczkoski Memorial Highway from I-95 to 43rd Avenue.[3]
History
Stuckey's/BP in Yeehaw Junction, Florida, with a Pilot station in the background. These are the only gas stations for 60 miles (97 km) westbound towards Lake Wales and Tampa and 25 miles (40 km) eastbound towards Vero Beach.
Clearwater realignment
Originally, SR 60 in Clearwater traveled west of Highland Avenue along Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard and Cleveland Street to the Memorial Causeway. When construction of the new Memorial Causeway began in 2001/2002, SR 60 was realigned along Court Street and Pierce Boulevard to the Causeway, with the original alignment downloaded to the city of Clearwater. Between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Pierce, SR 60 is split into two one-way streets—Court Street carrying westbound traffic, and Chestnut Street carrying eastbound traffic.
Prior to the realignment, Court Street east of Missouri Avenue was known as SR 651, while Court and Chestnut Streets west of Missouri was a locally maintained road signed as "Bypass 60".
Major intersections
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A Florida State Road 60 sign on Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa, with an older Crosstown Expressway sign alongside.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Pinellas | Clearwater | −0.14[4] | −0.23 | Poinsettia Avenue, Mandalay Avenue, Coronado Drive (CR 183 south) - Marina, Sand Key | traffic circle |
| 0.000 | 0.000 | west end of state maintenance at base of Clearwater Harbor Channel bridge | |||
| 0.447 | 0.719 | Island Way - Clearwater Marine Aquarium | |||
| 1.195– 1.634 | 1.923– 2.630 | Clearwater Memorial Causeway over Clearwater Harbor (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) | |||
| 1.971 | 3.172 | South Fort Harrison Avenue | former US 19 Alt. / SR 595 | ||
| 2.221 | 3.574 |  | west end of US 19 Alt. / SR 595 overlap | ||
| 2.725 | 4.385 | | east end of US 19 Alt. / SR 595 overlap; west end of SR 651 overlap | ||
| 3.482 | 5.604 | South Highland Avenue (CR 375) / Gulf to Bay Boulevard to Cleveland Street - Downtown Clearwater | former SR 60 west; east end of SR 651 overlap; no left turn eastbound | ||
| 3.734 | 6.009 | Lake Drive (CR 385) | |||
| 4.243 | 6.828 |  | |||
| 4.752 | 7.648 | South Hercules Avenue (CR 425) | |||
| 5.262 | 8.468 |  | |||
| 6.002 | 9.659 | Old Coachman Road (CR 535 north) | |||
| 6.261 | 10.076 | | interchange | ||
| 7.55 | 12.15 |   | interchange | ||
| Old Tampa Bay | 12.406– 13.023 | 19.966– 20.958 | Courtney Campbell Causeway | ||
| Hillsborough | Tampa | 17.265 | 27.785 | Bayport Drive | interchange |
| 17.539 | 28.226 |  | interchange; Independence Parkway (exit 2B) only has access from SR 60 west and to SR 60 east; SR 60 westbound follows exit 2A from nascent SR 589 north | ||
| 17.539 | 28.226 |  | interchange; signed as exit 3; exit is combined with SR 589 in both directions | ||
| 18.397 | 29.607 |  | interchange; signed eastbound as exit 1B | ||
| 18.418 | 29.641 | | interchange; signed eastbound as exit 1A | ||
| 19.058 | 30.671 | | interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-275 exit 39 | ||
| 19.228 | 30.944 |  | interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-275 exit 39 | ||
| 19.404 | 31.228 | | I-275 exit 39 | ||
| 19.757 | 31.796 |  | |||
| 20.897 | 33.630 |  | |||
| 21.511 | 34.619 |  | west end of SR 685 overlap | ||
| 23.639 | 38.043 | Kennedy Boulevard Bridge over Hillsborough River | |||
| 23.725 | 38.182 | | |||
| 23.944 | 38.534 |   | east end of SR 685 overlap; west end of US 41 Bus. overlap | ||
| 24.160 | 38.882 |  | |||
| 24.388 | 39.249 |  | west end of SR 45 overlap | ||
| 24.459 | 39.363 | Meridian Avenue (SR 618A west) | west end of SR 618A overlap (eastbound only) | ||
| 24.518 | 39.458 | | east end of SR 618A overlap (eastbound only) | ||
| 25.703 | 41.365 | | east end of US 41 Bus. / SR 45 overlap | ||
| 25.761 | 41.458 | 22nd Street north | Former SR 585 north. | ||
| 26.961 | 43.390 |  | |||
| 27.862 | 44.840 | | |||
| Palm River | 29.860 | 48.055 | South 78th Street (CR 573 south) | ||
| 29.983 | 48.253 | | SR 618 exit 12 | ||
| South Tampa | 30.809 | 49.582 |  | ||
| Brandon | 32.47 | 52.26 | | I-75 exit 257 | |
| 33.697 | 54.230 | | |||
| 35.467 | 57.079 | Lithia Pinecrest Road (CR 640 east) | |||
| Hopewell | 45.256 | 72.832 |   | ||
| Polk | Mulberry | 53.751 | 86.504 |  | |
| 55.317 | 89.024 |   | |||
| Bartow | 62.397 | 100.418 |  | ||
| 62.733 | 100.959 | Main Street | former SR 60 Bus. east | ||
| 63.591 | 102.340 | | west end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap | ||
| 64.204 | 103.326 | | east end of US 98 / SR 700 overlap | ||
| 65.100 | 104.768 | Flamingo Drive - Historic District | former SR 60 Bus. west | ||
| | 68.781 | 110.692 |  | ||
| | 71.030 | 114.312 |  | ||
| | 71.538 | 115.129 | | ||
| | 75.899 | 122.148 | West Lake Wales Road South - West Lake Wales | ||
| Lake Wales | 79.11 | 127.32 | | interchange | |
| 79.593 | 128.093 |  | |||
| 80.45 | 129.47 | | interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 81.380 | 130.968 |  | west end of CR 17B overlap | ||
| 81.912 | 131.825 | | east end of CR 17B overlap | ||
| Hesperides | 88.615 | 142.612 | Boy Scout Camp Road / Walk-in-Water Road - Lake Kissimmee State Park | ||
| | 90.424 | 145.523 | Doherty Drive - Nalcrest, Lakeshore | ||
| Indian Lake Estates | 98.684 | 158.817 |  | ||
| Osceola | Yeehaw Junction | 125.457 | 201.903 | | |
| 126.09 | 202.92 | | Turnpike exit 193 | ||
| Indian River | | 142.776 | 229.776 |  | |
| | 150.47 | 242.16 | | I-95 exit 147 | |
| | 151.819 | 244.329 | 82nd Avenue (CR 619) | ||
| | 153.816 | 247.543 | 66th Avenue (CR 615) | ||
| | 154.839 | 249.189 | 58th Avenue (CR 613) | ||
| Vero Beach | 155.839 | 250.799 | | ||
| 156.852 | 252.429 | 27th Avenue | former SR 607 south | ||
| 157.774 | 253.913 | Old Dixie Highway (CR 605 south) | |||
| 158.362 | 254.859 | | |||
| 158.916 | 255.751 | | |||
| 159.892 | 257.321 | Indian River Boulevard (CR 603 north) | |||
| 160.062– 160.749 | 257.595– 258.700 | Merrill P. Barber Bridge over Indian River (Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway) | |||
| 161.336 | 259.645 | | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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State Road 60A
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| Location | Bartow |
State Road 60A served as a bypass for Bartow, Florida, until SR 60 was realigned to follow that route in 2006. It is briefly cosigned with US 98 during its route. It is mainly known as Van Fleet Drive.
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See also
- Conners Highway
References
- FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
- Bielecki, Michael. "Stan Mayfield is remembered with State Road 60 dedication" Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, VeroNews.com, 12 November 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2016. Note: highway name designated by 2009 Legislature of Florida.
- Carson, Debbie. "Dep. Raczkoski Memorial Highway Dedication" Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, VeroNews.com, 23 September 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2016. Note: highway name designated by 2010 Legislature of Florida.
- Google Maps distance
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