Florida State Road 699
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| Gulf Boulevard | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length: | 14.604 mi[1] (23.503 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 SR 682 in St. Pete Beach | |||
 SR 666 in Madeira Beach | ||||
| North end: |
 SR 688 in Indian Rocks Beach | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Locally known as Gulf Boulevard and Blind Pass Road, State Road 699 (SR 699) is a 15-mile-long road running the length of the Pinellas County barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico and serving the popular beaches near St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Largo. The southern terminus of SR 699 is at the extreme western end of Pinellas Bayway (SR 682) in St. Pete Beach; the northern terminus is the extreme western end of SR 688 in Indian Rocks Beach. State Road 699 is the closest Gulf Coast analog to SR A1A on the Atlantic coast of Florida: indeed, the southernmost two miles (3 km) of SR 699 (between Corey Causeway (SR 693) and the Pinellas Bayway) are part of a loop that Florida Department of Transportation once designated (and the Pinellas County Commission still calls) A19A.
A six-mile-long continuation of Gulf Boulevard along Sand Key (to the bridge over Clearwater Pass) is designated County Road 183; a similar, shorter extension south of SR 682, Pass-a-Grille Way to Pass-a-Grille Park, is not a designated State or County Road. In addition to SR 688, SR 693, and the Pinellas Bayway, access to SR 699 from the mainland is made via the Stuart Welch Causeway (SR 666) and the Treasure Island Causeway (CR 150).
As of September 2013, FDOT and Pinellas County have discussed relinquishing SR 699 to county control with the rest of Gulf Boulevard.[2]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Pinellas County.
| Location | mi[1][3] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| St. Pete Beach | 1.879 | 3.024 |  SR 682 east (Pinellas Bayway) to I-275 (Sunshine Skyway) / Gulf Boulevard – St. Petersburg, Fort Desoto Park, Pass-A-Grille | ||
| 4.363 | 7.022 |  SR 693 north (75th Avenue / Corey Causeway) to I-275 – South Pasadena | |||
| Treasure Island | 6.738 | 10.844 | 107th Avenue / Treasure Island Causeway (CR 150 east) | ||
| Treasure Island Madeira Beach | 7.952– 8.113 | 12.798– 13.057 | Johns Pass Bridge over Johns Pass | ||
| Madeira Beach | 9.731 | 15.661 | SR 666 east (Tom Stuart Causeway / 150th Avenue) | ||
| Indian Shores | 13.54 | 21.79 |  CR 694 east to I-275 – Seminole, Pinellas Park | ||
| Indian Rocks Beach | 16.483 | 26.527 |  SR 688 east (Walsingham Road) / CR 183 north (Gulf Boulevard) – Tampa | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed March 2014
- ↑ TBNWeekly.com. "FDOT may give Gulf Boulevard to county."
- ↑ FDOT GIS data, accessed January 2014