Florida State Road 694

State Road 694 and County Road 694
State Road 694 and County Road 694
Park Boulevard; Gandy Boulevard
Route information
Length	13.24 mi (21.31 km) CR 694: 7.01 mi (11.28 km); SR 694: 6.23 mi (10.03 km)
Major junctions
West end	SR 699 in Indian Shores
	; Alt US 19/SR 595 in Seminole; CR 1 in Seminole; CR 501 in Pinellas Park; SR A19A/SR 693 in Pinellas Park; CR 611 in Pinellas Park; US 19/SR 55 in Pinellas Park; I-275/SR 93 in St. Petersburg
East end	US 92/SR 600/SR 686/SR 687 in St. Petersburg
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Pinellas
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

State Road 694 is an east–west route in Pinellas County, running from 66th Street N in Pinellas Park to US 92 (unsigned SR 600) in St. Petersburg.

Route description

State Road 694 starts at State Road 693 in Pinellas Park, where SR 694 heads east as Park Boulevard. At the intersection with US 19 in southeastern Pinellas Park, SR 694 becomes known as Gandy Boulevard and turns northeast into northeastern St. Petersburg, heading towards the interchange with Interstate 275. It continues northeast, heading towards its eastern terminus at the intersection with 4th Street N, Roosevelt Boulevard, and US 92 (unsigned SR 600). East of SR 694's eastern terminus, Gandy Boulevard continues signed as US 92/SR 600 and crosses the Gandy Bridge into Tampa.

State Road 694 previously began at State Road 699 in Indian Shores, running through Seminole and to the SR 693 intersection in Pinellas Park. The former road to the west is now known as Pinellas County Road 694.

History

State Road 694 was originally visioned as a multilane freeway, running from the Gandy Bridge, west to Gulf Boulevard, known as the Gandy Freeway. However, the plan was nixed in the 1970s due to an increasing business population. The remnants of this planned freeway are the US 19 interchange in Pinellas Park, the configuration of the I-275 interchange, and the wide median between MLK Jr St N and 4th St N.

Future

Although the possibility of a freeway west of US 19 is dead today, the possibility of Gandy Blvd becoming a freeway east of Park Blvd is actually being reconsidered in series of studies. Funding has not yet been finalized, but a recent federal transportation grant made additional funds for the freeway project available. A timetable for the project is also not finalized. If the plan goes through, there would be overpasses at 4th St N/Roosevelt Blvd and MLK St N. However, according to an FDOT representative, there will be no changes made at the interchange with I-275.^[2]

References

^ http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/pdfs/fedaidreport.pdf FDOT Federal-Aid Report
^ Connecting dots to uncork traffic St. Petersburg Times March 2, 2003

Pinellas County Staff. Pinellas County GIS Viewer. May 9, 2006.

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[FDOTReport-1] ttp://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/pdfs/fedaidreport.pdf FDOT Federal-Aid Report

[2] Connecting dots to uncork traffic St. Petersburg Times March 2, 2003

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