Florida State Road 616
{{short description|State highway in Florida, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=FL
|type=SR
|route=616
|alternate_name=Boy Scout Boulevard
Spruce Street
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|map_custom=yes
|length_mi=2.702
|length_round=3
|established=
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=FL|SR|60}} in Tampa
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=FL|US|92}} in Tampa
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=615
|next_type=Toll
|next_route=618
}}
State Road 616 (SR 616) is an east–west road consisting of two wide streets near Tampa International Airport; West Spruce Street, and Boy Scout Boulevard. It runs from the interchange with Veterans Expressway (State Road 60) and George J. Bean Parkway to Dale Mabry Highway (U.S. Route 92 or US 92). In September 2001, the International Plaza shopping mall opened on the corner of SR 616 and West Shore Blvd.
State Road 616 was originally a free section of State Road 589 when SR 60/589 overlapped between Exits 1 and 2A.[http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=4.53678102509979E-05&lat=27.9632484031163&lon=-82.5155021813381&year=T1987 Topographical Map of former Florida SR 589 segment (Historic Aerials Online)] SR 589 was planned to be extended to a connecting road between I-275 & the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, which would've led to a change in the designation for West Spruce Street and Boy Scout Boulevard.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} The connection between the Veterans and Crosstown Expressways was cancelled, but the free section of SR 589 was converted anyway.
Major intersections
{{jcttop|state=FL|county=Hillsborough|location=Tampa|length_ref=[http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/Straight-linesOnlineGIS/ FDOT straight line diagrams] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306153400/http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/Straight-linesOnlineGIS/ |date=March 6, 2014 }}, accessed March 2014}}
{{FLint
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=FL|SR|60|dir1=west|to2=to|Toll|589|dir2=north|name2=Veterans Expressway|city1=Clearwater}}
|notes=interchange; no access from SR 616 west to SR 60 east; SR 60 exit 1B
}}
{{FLint
|mile=0.5
|mile_ref=Google Maps distance
|road={{jct|extra=airport}} Tampa International Airport
|notes=interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{FLint
|mile=0.911
|road=Airport Service Road / O'Brien Street
}}
{{FLint
|mile=1.379
|road=Westshore Boulevard (CR 587 south)
}}
{{FLint
|mile=2.702
|road={{jct|state=FL|US|92|name1=North Dale Mabry Highway / SR 600}}
}}
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References
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