State Road 60 (Florida)

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Florida State Road 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 in Clearwater. The eastern terminus is in Vero Beach near the Atlantic Coast just past A1A.

SR-60 is primarily a four lane divided highway from its western terminus through the town of Lake Wales; from there it is a lonely two-lane road until reaching Interstate 95 near Vero Beach. 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, parallelling the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.

Cities and Other communities on SR-60

From west to east:

Clearwater, Pinellas County
Tampa, Hillsborough County
Brandon, Hillsborough County (unincorporated),
Mulberry, Polk County
Bartow, Polk County
Lake Wales, Polk County
Yeehaw Junction, Osceola County (unincorporated)
Vero Beach

Local Street names for SR-60

Entrance to Pier 60 Park at the western terminus of FLorida State Road 60.

From west to east:

Causeway Boulevard from Gulf Boulevard on Clearwater Beach to causeway.
Memorial Causeway on causeway between Clearwater Beach and mainland Clearwater.
Cleveland Street from Pierce Boulevard to Evergreen Avenue.
Gulf to Bay Boulevard from Evergreen Avenue to Tampa Bay.
Courtney Campbell Causeway over Tampa Bay.
West Columbus Drive from Rocky Point to Eisenhower Boulevard merger.
Eisenhower Boulevard until south entrance of Tampa International Airport. (Briefly co-signed with SR-589)
Memorial Highway from airport entrance 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 around Dover Road.
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 through Lake Wales is simply called SR-60, although it is also called Hesperides Road especially in eastern Lake Wales and east of the city.
Simply signed SR-60 until Interstate 95.
Signed with 20th Street in Vero Beach until State Road 603.
Cosigned with SR-603 as Vero Isles Boulevard until Merril P. Barber Bridge.
''Merril P. Barber Bridge over Indian River.
Beachland Boulevard until Eastern Terminus.

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