U.S. 19 To Close For Construction Of Pedestrian Overpass

CLEARWATER, FL — Beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, to 6 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, all lanes of northbound U.S. 19 will be closed between Belleair Road and Seville Boulevard for work on a new pedestrian overpass.

Drivers will be detoured around the work zone by exiting onto the northbound U.S. 19 frontage road at Belleair Road and continuing north until the entrance ramp at Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard.

Starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, to 8 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, all southbound lanes will be closed.

Drivers traveling south on U.S. 19 will detour around the work zone by exiting at Drew Street, continuing west to Belcher Road, east on Belleair Road, and then south on the U.S. 19 frontage road to re-enter the highway.

In addition, all motorists traveling north must exit at Belleair Road and continue north on the frontage road to re-enter U.S. 19.

Harn Boulevard from the southbound U.S. 19 frontage road will remain open to local traffic.

Electronic message boards will help drivers traveling through the area.

The closure is necessary for crews to install structures over U.S. 19 as part of the new pedestrian overpass north of Harn Boulevard. This project is expected to be finished in the spring.