Railroad Crossing Closures Scheduled In North Pinellas County

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — CSX Transportation will be performing maintenance and repairs to several railroad crossings in north Pinellas County during the second half of January, requiring temporary traffic detours at each site.

Pinellas County Traffic Management is working with Southern Commercial Development LLC to provide official notification, traffic control and detour signage. Each crossing will be closed for two to five days, depending on the work being performed. In special circumstances where crossings are the only egress for the traveling public, accommodations will be made for these closures.

A list of the closures is below, but changes in the schedule are common once the work begins.

• Oldsmar, Forest Lakes Boulevard between Oldsmar Trail and State Street West starting Jan. 19
• Safety Harbor, North Bay Hills Boulevard between Flamingo Place and Widgeon Avenue starting Jan. 20
• Safety Harbor, County Road 102 / Enterprise Road East between Meander Lane and Beacon Place Drive Jan. 20
• Safety Harbor, Marshall Street between 9th Avenue North and Glenn Lane Jan. 21
• Safety Harbor, Railroad Avenue off of 9th Avenue North near Butler Street Jan. 21
• Safety Harbor, 6th Street North between 9th Avenue North and Packard Court Jan. 21
• Safety Harbor, 4th Street North/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North between 9th Avenue North and 8th Avenue North Jan. 21
• Safety Harbor, Main Street between Legion Lane and 9th Avenue South Jan. 21
• Clearwater, Fairwood Street between Park Trail Lane and Ream Wilson Trail Jan. 25
• Clearwater, North Highland Avenue between Pine Brook Drive and Palmetto Street Jan. 27
• Clearwater, Palmetto Street between North Highland Avenue and Palm Terrace Drive Jan. 27
• Clearwater, pedestrian pathways within Clearwater Country Club Jan. 27
• Clearwater, North Betty Lane between Eldridge Street and Jackson Road Jan. 27
• Clearwater, Greenwood Avenue/North Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue between Maple Street and Lee Street Jan. 28
• Clearwater, Pennsylvania Avenue between Eldridge Street and Lee Street Jan. 28
• Clearwater, Vine Avenue between Maple Street and Plaza Street Jan. 28
• Clearwater, North Myrtle Avenue/Alternate 19, between Maple Street and Hart Street Jan. 28
• Clearwater, Drew Street between Northeast Avenue and North Myrtle Avenue/Alternate U.S. 19 Jan. 28
• Clearwater, Druid Road, between South Myrtle Avenue and South Ft. Harrison Avenue Jan. 28
• Clearwater, Jeffords Street, between South Myrtle Avenue and Hamlet Avenue Jan. 28
• Clearwater, Pinellas Street, between South Myrtle Avenue and Hamlet Avenue Jan. 28.

This press release was produced by the Pinellas County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.