Bayshore Boulevard

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Bayshore Boulevard
coat of arms
Street in Tampa
Bayshore Boulevard
Sidewalk and balustrade, facing south
Basic data
place Tampa
District Hillsborough Bay, South Tampa
Technical specifications
Street length 7.2 km

The Bayshore Boulevard is a 7.2 km long road in Tampa , Florida . It runs along Hillsborough Bay in South Tampa . It is said of their approximately three meter wide sidewalk with the balustrade that it is the longest continuous sidewalk in the world. There is a bicycle lane for almost five kilometers. The street is accompanied by a long green area.

course

Bayshore Boulevard with Downtown Tampa in the background

Bayshore Boulevard runs north-south along the west bank of Hillsborough Bay. The road starts in the north at the west Brorein Street underpass immediately the toll highway Florida State Road 618 ( Lee Roy Selmon Expressway or Southern Crosstown Expressway ) as a two-lane city road. From the junction with West Platt Street, the street has two lanes in each direction. There is no median in this section. The continuous boardwalk begins under the ramps to Davis Boulevard. From here on, the road also includes three lanes in each direction, with the third lane partially serving as turning and merging lanes, and some of these are also available.

From the junction with South Rome Street, the street has separate lanes, the median is designed as a green area. From the intersection with South Howard Avenue, there is no lane in each direction. At the junction with West Hawthorne Road the continuous waterfront ends and a little further south, the section with the separate carriageways and four-lane traffic routing ends at West Gandy Boulevard. The immediate vicinity of the shore leaves the road at the junction of Interbay Boulevard, from where it continues south towards Mac Dill Air Force Base , mainly through residential developments . The gateway to the Air Force Base is south of the intersection with Bayshore Trails Drive. The road finally ends in the southeastern area of ​​the military base.

Status

In light of the Republican National Convention planned for the end of August 2012, the state of the road was rated as unsatisfactory by the city council. The pavement showed signs of damage, and city officials feared that Bayshore Boulevard would throw a bad light on the city if the city saw increased media coverage in connection with coverage of the Republican Congress.

The city has so funds amounting to 1.5 million US dollars provided to improve the balustrade, add the landscape system of the central strip and the wheel tracks, but the road surface was bumpy and in poor condition. The beginning of the project implementation led to traffic delays. The bike paths are intended to make it easier for pedestrians and joggers to use the promenade, as they no longer have to share the sidewalk with cyclists. The plans for the project, which began in March 2011, also include the reduction of six to four lanes in the particularly busy section between Davis Boulevard and South Howard Avenue.

supporting documents

Plaque
  1. ↑ Bayshore Boulevard Linear Park ( English ) City of Tampa. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved on February 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ Bayshore Boulevard Greenway ( English ) City of Tampa Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved on February 9, 2012.
  3. ^ Richard Danielson: Tampa's Bayshore Boulevard criticized as too shabby for Republican National Convention (English) . In: Tampa Bay Times , January 7, 2012. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2012. 
  4. ↑ Josh Poltilove: Officials bemoan bumpy Bayshore Boulevard (English) . In: Tampa Bay Online January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Elizabeth Parker: Bayshore Boulevard construction project grinds through delays (English) . In: Tampa Bay Times , September 13, 2011. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012. 
  6. ^ Ashley Jeffery: Bike lanes coming to Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa (English) . In: Bay News 9 , April 7, 2011. Retrieved on July 9, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.baynews9.com
  7. ↑ Rich Shopes: Construction on Tampa's Bayshore Boulevard set to start (English) . In: Tampa Bay Times , March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2012. 

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Coordinates: 27 ° 55 '44 "  N , 82 ° 28' 37.7"  W.