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The Davis Causeway in 1934. The Causeway was commissioned by the owner of a local dredging company, Ben T. Davis, in the late 1920s to provide a more direct link between Tampa and Clearwater. The only current land route at that time required travelling over 30 miles (48 km) around the northern shore of Tampa Bay, through the community of ...
This dredge-and-fill operation was undertaken at the height of the Florida Land Boom by developer and Tampa native D. P. Davis. Davis then purchased all the dredged land for $350,000. He planned a resort community with three hotels, nine-hole golf course, airport, and swimming pool. D.P. Davis then sold 306 of the original lots for $1,683,582.
Ten years later, the Davis Causeway (later renamed the Courtney Campbell Causeway) was built between Clearwater and Tampa. More bridges criss-crossed Tampa Bay over the ensuing decades, making travel between the surrounding communities much faster and furthering the economic development of the Tampa Bay area.
1934 The Davis (Courtney Campbell) Causeway connects Clearwater more directly with Tampa. Egrets at Treasure Island, Florida. 1938 Treasure Island incorporated. [4]: 184 1941 World War II begins; population growth in Pinellas slows dramatically. [3]: 5 1942 Military begins sending personnel to Pinellas for training. [4]: 191
During this time, Davis Islands, two man-made islands, were built by developer and Tampa native D. P. Davis. After the bubble burst, in 1926, the Tampa Municipal Hospital on Davis Islands was opened, now Tampa General Hospital. In 1924, the Gandy Bridge to St. Petersburg was built. Also in 1924 the Old People's Home was built.
The last intersection in mainland Pinellas County is South Bayshore Drive, before the road becomes the Courtney Campbell Causeway over Tampa Bay to Memorial Highway, the eastern terminus of the causeway, and the southern terminus of SR 589 (Veterans Expressway) in Tampa.
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State Road 676 (SR 676) is a short state highway running west and east southeast of Tampa, Florida.It is named Causeway Boulevard, and serves as a connecting route to U.S. Route 41 Business (US 41 Bus.).