State Road 693 (SR 693) is a 11.6-mile-long (18.7 km) north–south street serving southern Pinellas County, Florida. Locally known as 66th Street, Pasadena Avenue, and A19A,[2] the southern terminus is an intersection with Blind Pass Road and Gulf Way (SR 699) in St. Pete Beach, near the southern end of the Corey Causeway; the northern terminus is an intersection with U.S. Route 19 (US 19 and SR 55) within the Largo city limits (US 19-SR 55 continues northward on 66th Street).
 State Road 693 | ||||
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| 66th Street Pasadena Avenue Corey Causeway 75th Avenue | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 11.634 mi[1] (18.723 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 699 in St. Pete Beach | |||
| North end |  US 19 in Largo | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Pinellas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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In addition to the cities at the termini, SR 693 passes through (from south to north) South Pasadena, St. Petersburg, Kenneth City, and Pinellas Park.
While the A19A designation is better known, 66th Street had the SR 693 signage long before the opening of the Pinellas Bayway on December 21, 1962: on this date the loop of SR 693, SR 699, and the Bayway between Alternate US 19 (SR 595) and US 19 near the Sunshine Skyway received A19A signage to be placed beside or above their older state road designations. In the 1980s, the A19A signs were removed from the loop (the east–west Pinellas Bayway then had its initial A19A signs replaced with State Road 682 signage by successor Florida Department of Transportation).
State Road 693 is a major commercial and commuter highway that, via the Corey Causeway and the nearby Treasure Island Causeway, connects the highly popular barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico. The northern end of SR 693 features the campuses of Florida Beacon College and Florida Beacon Bible College; the segment in Pinellas Park features commercial campgrounds, a frequent sight along cross street SR 688 just north of the city.
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Pinellas County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| St. Pete Beach | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 699 (Blind Pass Road / 75th Avenue) – Treasure Island | ||
| St. Pete Beach South Pasadena | 0.261– 0.464 | 0.420– 0.747 | Corey Causeway over Boca Ciega Bay (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) | ||
| South Pasadena | 1.536 | 2.472 |   CR 138 east (Gulfport Boulevard) | ||
| St. Petersburg | 2.381 | 3.832 |  CR 150 (Central Avenue) | ||
| 3.948 | 6.354 |  US 19 Alt. (Tyrone Boulevard / SR 595) – Seminole, St. Petersburg | |||
| 4.908 | 7.899 |  CR 184 (38th Avenue North) | |||
| Kenneth City | 5.409 | 8.705 | 46th Avenue North (CR 192) | ||
| West Lealman | 5.914 | 9.518 | 54th Avenue North (CR 202) | ||
| Pinellas Park | 6.416 | 10.326 | 62nd Avenue (CR 216) | ||
| 7.167 | 11.534 |       SR 694 east / CR 694 west (Park Boulevard) to I-275 – Seminole, Gulf Beaches, Pinellas Park | |||
| 8.919 | 14.354 | 102nd Avenue (CR 298 east) | |||
| 9.485 | 15.265 |  CR 296 (Bryan Dairy Road) | interchange | ||
| Pinellas Park–Largo line | 10.421 | 16.771 | 126th Avenue North (CR 346 east) | ||
| Largo | 10.933 | 17.595 |  SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) to I-275 – Indian Rocks Beach, Tampa | ||
| 11.420 | 18.379 | 142nd Avenue North (CR 376) | |||
| 11.634 | 18.723 | US 19 (SR 55) – Clearwater, Pinellas Park, St. Petersburg | interchange | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
- ^ Intelligent Transportation Systems (Its) Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Media related to Florida State Road 693 at Wikimedia Commons