# Interstate 175 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Interstate_175 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Interstate_175.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_175 > Source revision: 1184989378 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Highway in Florida}} {{about|the current highway in Florida|proposed meanings|Interstate 175 (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Use American English|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox road |state = FL |type = I |route = 175 |alternate_name = South Bay Drive |map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-lat=27.765|frame-long=-82.649|zoom=14|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 175}}}} |map_custom = yes |map_notes = I-175 highlighted in red |length_mi = 1.372 |length_round = 3 |length_ref = |established = 1980 |direction_a = West |terminus_a = {{Jct|state=FL|I|275}} in [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida) |junction = |direction_b = East |terminus_b = {{Jct|state=FL|SR|594|SR|687}} in [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida) |counties = [Pinellas](/source/Pinellas_County%2C_Florida) |spur_type = I |spur_of = 75 |previous_type = SR |previous_route = 173 |next_type = SR |next_route = 187 |browse = {{fl browse|previous_type=SR|previous_route=592|route=SR 594|next_type=I|next_route=595}} }} '''Interstate 175''' ('''I-175''') in [St. Petersburg, Florida](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida), also known as '''South Bay Drive''', is a {{Convert|1.3|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} spur route from [I-275](/source/Interstate_275_(Florida)) into downtown St. Petersburg. It is also designated as the [unsigned highway](/source/unsigned_highway) '''State Road 594''' ('''SR 594'''). There is a sibling segment of freeway nearby designated as [I-375](/source/Interstate_375_(Florida)). ==Route description== The Interstate begins at I-275 with [Tropicana Field](/source/Tropicana_Field) on the northeast side of the interchange, going east into downtown St. Petersburg, passing through eastbound exits with 9th Street South/8th Street South and 6th Street South before the Interstate ends at 5th Avenue South next to an at-grade intersection with 4th Street South. Westbound, the Interstate begins with a split from southbound 4th Street South just north of the 4th Street South/5th Avenue South intersection and has no exits until the interchange with I-275. Along with its sister highway, [I-375](/source/Interstate_375_(Florida)), I-175 lacks exit numbers. ==History== The freeway was originally to have been a part of the former Pinellas Belt Expressway, which would have continued from its western terminus at I-275. The Pinellas Belt Expressway was budgeted in 1974 but was canceled in the late 1970s due to local opposition.{{cite web |access-date=August 4, 2021 |title=Pinellas County |url=https://www.aaroads.com/florida/pinellas/ |website=AARoads}}{{sps|date=August 2021}} I-175 was built between 1977 and 1980 and opened on April 23, 1980, at a cost of $5.5 million (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|5500000|1980}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.southeastroads.com/i-175_fl.html|title=I-175 at South-East highways|access-date=October 5, 2014}} When I-75 was relocated in the late 1970s–early 1980s, {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} of additional Interstate became available; thus, the St. Petersburg feeder sections of I-175 and neighboring [I-375](/source/Interstate_375_(Florida)) were upgraded to Interstate status.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} ==Exit list== {{jcttop|location=St. Petersburg|county=Pinellas|state=FL|length_ref={{cite web|url=https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/statistics/mileage-rpts/florida-interchange-report.pdf?sfvrsn=cfbf56_0 |title=Florida Department of Transportation Interchange Report |date=September 29, 2017 |format=PDF |publisher=[Florida Department of Transportation](/source/Florida_Department_of_Transportation) |page=7 |access-date=January 22, 2019}}|unnum=yes}} {{FLint |mile=0.000 |road={{Jct|state=FL|I|275|name1=[SR 93](/source/SR_93_(FL))|city1=Bradenton|city2=Tampa}} |notes=Western terminus, I-275 exit 22; [tri-stack interchange](/source/directional_T_interchange). }} {{FLint |type=incomplete |mile=0.785 |road={{jct|extra=hospital}} M.L. King Jr. Street South / 8th Street South |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; access to [Bayfront Health St. Petersburg](/source/Bayfront_Health_St._Petersburg) }} {{FLint |type=incomplete |mile=1.089 |road=6th Street South |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{FLint |type=incomplete |mile=1.285 |road=4th Street South |notes=East end of I-175; SR 594 continues one block (eastbound only) }} {{FLint |mile=1.372 |mile_ref={{cite web |title=Straight Line Diagram of Road Inventory |publisher=[Florida Department of Transportation](/source/Florida_Department_of_Transportation) |url=https://fdotewp1.dot.state.fl.us/slogis/blank.aspx?docId=102571 |date=February 25, 2020 |accessdate=August 4, 2021}} |road={{jct|state=FL|SR|687|dir1=north|name1=3rd Street South|city1=Downtown St. Petersburg}} }} {{jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete}} ==See also== * {{portal-inline|Florida}} * {{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{AttachedKML|display=title,inline}} * [http://www.southeastroads.com/i-175_fl.html I-175 @ SouthEastRoads.com] * [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/i175.html#175fl Kurumi - I-175 Florida] * [http://www.interstate275florida.com/I175.htm Interstate 175 Florida page at Interstate275Florida.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200245/http://interstate275florida.com/I175.htm |date=April 28, 2006 }} {{3di|75}} 75-1 Florida 75-1 1 175 175 Category:Expressways in the Tampa Bay area --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Interstate 175](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_175) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_175?action=history)). 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