Interstate 175

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Interstate 175 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	1.44 mi[1] (2.32 km)
West end:	Image:I-275.svgImage:Florida 93.svgImage:Florida 594.svg I-275/SR 93/594 in St. Petersburg
East end:	Image:Florida 594.svgImage:Florida 687.svg SR 594/687 in St. Petersburg
Florida State and County Roads < Image:Florida 592.svg SR 592 Image:Florida 594.svg SR 595 Image:Florida 595.svg >

Interstate 175 (abbreviated I-175) in St. Petersburg, Florida, also known as South Bay Drive, is a 1.44-mile-long spur route from Interstate 275 into downtown. Interstate 175 also has the (unsigned) Florida Department of Transportation designation of State Road 594.

Eight-tenths of a mile to the north is a sibling segment of freeway designated as I-375 (State Road 592).

Contents 1 History 1.1 Original aspirations 2 Exit list 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Original aspirations

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The original intentions for Interstate 175 remain a mystery. According to AARoads, the freeway may originally have been part of the killed Pinellas Belt Expressway which would have followed the route of what is today, US 19 Alternate. The Pinellas Belt Expressway was killed around 1979 due to local opposition (almost the same opposition that killed Interstate 4's extension into South Pasadena in the 1970s). When I-75 was relocated in the late 1970s/early 1980s, five miles of additional interstate became available, thus the St. Pete feeder sections of I-175 and neighboring I-375 were upgraded to interstate status.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile[2]	#	Destinations	Notes
Pinellas	St. Petersburg	0.000		Image:I-275.svg I-275	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		0.850	1	9th Street South	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		1.152	2	6th Street South	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		1.439	3	4th Street South	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• [1] I-175 @ SouthEastRoads.com (Part of AARoads.com)
• Kurumi - I-175 Florida
• Interstate 175 Florida page at Interstate275Florida.com

Image:I-75.svg	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 75
	Current and Future (F)	Former
Image:I-175.svg	Florida - Kentucky/Tennessee (F)
Image:I-275.svg	Florida - Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio - Michigan - Tennessee
Image:I-375.svg	Florida - Michigan
Image:I-475.svg	Georgia - Michigan - Ohio
Image:I-575.svg	Georgia
Image:I-675.svg	Georgia - Michigan - Ohio

edit Freeways and Expressways in the Tampa Bay Area
Image:Toll Florida 589.svg	The Veterans Expressway/Suncoast Parkway	Image:I-4.svg	Interstate 4	Image:I-275.svg	Interstate 275
Image:I-75.svg	Interstate 75	Image:Toll Florida 618.svg	Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway	Image:I-375.svg	Interstate 375
Image:I-175.svg	Interstate 175

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