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Pinellas Trail Timeline Highlights

Timeline of the Pinellas County Trail System:

• 2014
  • 3 miles of the Pinellas Trail opens along Keystone Road connecting the 4 miles along East Lake Road to John Chesnut Park.
    
  • Pinellas County enters into an agreement with Duke Energy changing the Progress Energy Trail to the Duke Energy Florida Trail
• 2011
• East Avenue section of the Pinellas Trail through downtown Clearwater is completed - trail is now 37 miles long
  
• 2010
  • Pinellas Trail 20th Anniversary
  • 34th Street Overpass opens for Pinellas Trail
  • Keystone Road Groundbreaking for Pinellas Trail Northeast Extension
  • Emergency Response Decals installed on Pinellas Trail
  • Clearwater begins construction for East Avenue bicycle boulevard through downtown
    
• 2009 - Enterprise Overpass opens for Progress Energy Trail
• 2008
  • Pinellas Trail Extension opens 3-miles to downtown St. Petersburg waterfront;
  • Progress Energy Trail opens 2-miles from Bright House Field to Belleair Rd
• 2008 - BCC agrees to plans for Pinellas Trail Loop to connect Pinellas Trail from downtown St. Petersburg to the East Lake Tarpon
  • Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail inducted into the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame
• 2007 - Rio Vista Connection open in NE St. Petersburg
  • St. Petersburg begins construction of Downtown Trail Extension
  • Progress Energy Trail Groundbreaking for first section (Bright House Field to Belleair Rd)
• 2006 - Jasmine Section open (under US 19 to Keystone Rd)
• 2005 - Pinellas Trail 15th Anniversary
  • Abandoned railroad section purchased for Trail Extension into downtown St. Petersburg
• 2004
  • Art on the trail - Historical sculptures mark cities along the Trail
  • Elfers Spur over Anclote River open to North Anclote River Nature Park
  • 38th Avenue overpass open
• 2003 - Pinellas Trail designated as a National Recreation Trail in the National Trails System by United States Department of Interior, National Park Service.
• 2002 - Central Avenue, 1st Avenue South and Pasadena Avenue overpass opens.
• 2001 - Park Street overpass near Tyrone Boulevard opens.
• 2000 - Cross Bayou Bridge opens in Seminole.
• 1999 - The Friendship Trail Bridge (old Gandy Bridge) linking Pinellas County and Hillsborough County opens.
• 1997 - Seminole Boulevard and 113th overpasses in Seminole open. The downtown Clearwater section opens and construction on the Cross Bayou Bridge begins.
• 1996 - Park Boulevard overpass opens in Seminole.
• 1994 - St. Petersburg and Tarpon Springs sections of the Trail open.
• 1993 - Trail from Seminole City Park to St. Petersburg opens. The Trail overpass at Orange Street and Alt. U.S. 19 opens.
• 1992 - Trail from Taylor Park to Ozona opens. The West Bay Drive overpass in Largo is completed.
• 1991 - The first Trail overpass opens over Ulmerton Road, Largo.
• 1990 - Two Trail preview sites are built near Seminole City Park and at Curlew Road and Alt. 19 in Dunedin. Five miles of the Pinellas Trail from Taylor Park to Seminole City Park are completed on December 1st.
• 1989 - The Pinellas Trail Project is approved by the Board of County Commissioners and they allocate $ 1.5 million to build a 15 miles segment. County voters approve the Penney-for-Pinellas sales tax referendum with funding to complete 35 miles of trail.
• 1988 - Pinellas Trails Inc. forms, expands the idea to a linear park and promotes public support.
• 1984 - Pinellas Bicycle Advisory Committee proposes using the right-of-way as a bike route.
• 1983 - Railroad right-of-way purchased by Florida Department of Transportation
• 1888 - The Orange Belt Railway arrives in St. Petersburg