Courtney Campbell Causeway

Photo

April 2007

BH Photo #128741

Overview: Bridge over Old Tampa Bay on State Route 60
Location: Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, and Pinellas County, Florida
Status: Open to traffic
History: Commissioned by Ben T. Davis, work began in 1927 and completed in 1934
Design: Courtney Campbell Causeway stretches approximately 9.9 miles from eastern Clearwater to Tampa. The topographical causeway is broken by two elevated spans that allow watercraft access to and from Old Tampa Bay.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 52,500.0 ft. (9.9 mi.)
Deck width: 58.1 ft.
Also called: Davis Causeway
Approximate latitude, longitude: +27.96811, -82.63947 (decimal degrees)
27°58'05" N, 82°38'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/338743/3094751 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Safety Harbor
Inventory numbers: FDOT 100301 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 38235 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2015): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 57,500

Posted August 15, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

That would probably apply to the approach bridges, but the causeway itself dates back to 1934.

Courtney Campbell Causeway

Posted August 15, 2012, by Rex Akridge (jamesrakridge [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

The information shown is incorrect. The bridge described here

was replaced in 1974