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Saturday, October 09, 2021

PARKWAY, SHMARKWAY

They wanted “St. Petersburg Parkway”. They wanted “William C. Cramer Memorial Highway”.

So they merged: The stretch of Interstate 275 that passes through Pinellas County (all within St. Petersburg) will now officially be known as The St. Petersburg Parkway/William C. Cramer Memorial Highway.

And of course, despite all the new signage and government references, no one will stop calling it I-275.

- Costa Tsiokos, Sat 10/09/2021 07:05:01 PM
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  1. Ridiculous to spend all that time, effort, money… It’s I-275.

    Comment by tommy — 10/11/2021 @ 11:37:34 AM

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  3. PARKWAY, SHMARKWAY PART II

    The saga of the dual-named stretch of Interstate 275 that runs through St. Petersburg has run into a recently-uncovered snag: The highway already had a memorialized name.
    Not that anyone was in on it:
    Thirty-seven years ago the Legislature and Gov. …

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