Interstate 375 (Florida)

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Interstate 375 (abbreviated I-375) in St. Petersburg, Florida, also known as North Bay Drive, is a 1.34-mile-long spur route from Interstate 275 (Florida) into downtown. It is also designated as the unsigned Florida State Road 592. There is a sibling segment of freeway nearby designated as I-175

Original Aspirations

Interstate 375 was originally planned as a much longer highway, extending beyond Interstate 275 and following a CSX rail line towards a proposed toll road near Clearwater. However, revised interstate standards were imposed (in the mid 1970s) before planning was complete and the original plans failed as a result. Thus only the downtown St. Petersburg stretch was built.

It is because of the cancellation of the rest of Interstate 375 that US 19, north of State Road 694 (Florida) and south of the Pinellas-Pasco line, is getting a freeway-style reconstruction.

External links

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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 75

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