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Old 05-03-2015, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by dotti105 View Post
Winston, If you head to the Clearwater area or further south, I highly recommend that you take 289. It is a new hwy that you can get to from I-75, via 52 or 54. YOU MISS ALL OF THE TAMPA CONSTRUCTION AND I-4,I-75 TRAFFIC!!!!

It brings you out by the Tampa Int'l Airport at the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Shaves 30 min + off of the drive and it has little traffic. Check the Maps. It starts by the airport as "Veterans Memorial Hwy" but he name changes as it heads north. If you take it from Tampa past the 52 or 54 turn offs you end up in Brooksville.

Give it a try! We make the drive more often than we would like, not to visit the fabulous beaches but to visit my 90 yr ol Mom on Clearwater Beach. Gotta leave early enough one of these days to sneak in a walk along the water.......
Do I pick up 289 off of 75? if so where abouts?
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