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Florida State Road 679

State Road 679 marker

State Road 679
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 4.816 mi (7.751 km)
Major junctions
South end: Fort De Soto Park
North end: SR 682 in St. Petersburg
Highway system
SR 678 SR 681

State Road 682 marker

State Road 682
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 3.721 mi (5.988 km)
Major junctions
West end: SR 699 in St. Pete Beach
East end: I-275 / US 19 in St. Petersburg
Highway system
SR 681 SR 683

State Road 679 marker

State Road 682 marker

The Pinellas Bayway System is a series of bridges on two state roads in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a toll road complex maintained and operated by the Florida Department of Transportation. It also is compatible with the SunPass ETC system currently in use on all other FDOT-owned toll roads. The Pinellas Bayway consists of:

The two State Roads intersect on Isla del Sol midway between St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach. Until 2013, both highways had drawbridges in addition to low-level causeways in their configuration, and SR 679 retains this configuration. Attempts to replace the drawbridges with bridges of a different design in recent years met resistance from both nearby residents, yachtsmen, and the local chapter of the NAACP. [1] As of 2006, studies were being conducted by FDOT as to how the bridges would be replaced and how much they would cost. The low-level causeway and bascule-type drawbridge on SR 682 were replaced in 2013–2014 by a new high-level causeway without a movable span.


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