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destinations such as <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.stpete.org/baywalk.htm"> BayWalk</a> (a shopping and entertainment complex) and <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.stpete-pier.com/"> The Pier</a>, a prominent St. Petersburg landmark that juts out into Tampa Bay featuring shopping and restaurants.  The highway is less than a mile long and is shorter than its counterpart, Interstate 175.  <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.stpete.org/coliseum.htm"> The Coliseum</a>, a St. Petersburg entertainment landmark, is the first building you see to your left as you exit Interstate 375 at its eastern terminus on 4th Avenue North.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The speed limit is reduced to 50 mph for the entire length of this interstate.  Upon exiting, there are yellow blinkers that remind motorists to slow down to 30 mph as the road transitions from an interstate to a downtown street, that being 4<sup>th</sup> Avenue North.  Motorists, especially commuters trying to get to work on time, have learned this the hard way in the form of a traffic citation due to strict enforcement in this area.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b>Interstate 375 Eastbound</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <span class="GramE"> <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Eastbound/01.jpg">First signage for 4<sup>th</sup> Street North on Interstate 375 eastbound</a>.</span>  You can see <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.stanthonys.com/"> St. Anthony抯 Hospital</a> in the background to your left.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <span class="GramE"> <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Eastbound/02.jpg">Second signage for 4<sup>th</sup> Street North on Interstate 375 eastbound</a>.</span>  You can also exit here for 8<sup>th</sup> Street North or Martin Luther King Street North (presently signed as 9<sup>th</sup> Street North; however, I imagine this may be replaced when a sign upgrade as part of a concrete rehabilitation project for Interstate 375 takes place). </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Eastbound/03.jpg">End of Interstate 375 eastbound</a>.  Now you know why to slow down here.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <b>Interstate 375 Westbound</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <span class="GramE"> <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Westbound/01.jpg">Interstate 375 westbound looking towards Interstate 275</a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <span class="GramE"> <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Westbound/02.jpg">Interstate 375 westbound just before Interstate 275</a>.</span>  The one left lane is for southbound travelers going towards the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and Bradenton while the two right lanes are for northbound travelers going towards Tampa.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <b>Perspectives of Interstate 375 from Downtown St. Petersburg Streets</b><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Perspective/01.jpg"> Closeup of the Interstate 375 and Interstate 275 shields on 4th Avenue North and 8th Street North</a>.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Perspective/02.jpg"> View of northbound 8th Street North as it goes under Interstate 375</a>.  8th Street North is one way northbound from just south of Booker Creek to just north of 9th Avenue North.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Perspective/03.jpg"> Closeup of the sign directing travelers to Interstate 275 from 8th Street North by way of Interstate 375 westbound</a>.  Notice the North Bay Drive designation given to Interstate 375.  I believe this sign was there from Day One when Interstate 375 opened in 1978 and it is showing signs of age.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Perspective/04.jpg"> Looking eastbound on 4th Avenue North at 8th Street North with the two interstate shields</a>.  Also notice that left turns on red from 4th Avenue North to 8th Street North are prohibited and the signage makes it clear.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Perspective/05.jpg"> View of northbound Martin Luther King Street North as it goes under Interstate 375</a>.  What was once one way on Martin Luther King Street North from 9th Avenue North to 4th Avenue North was converted to two way traffic recently; however, the section of Martin Luther King Street North from 4th Avenue North southward to just south of Booker Creek remains one way southbound.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Perspective/06.jpg"> To Interstate 375 shield on Martin Luther King Street North</a>, taken directly underneath Interstate 375.  Simply turn left at 5th Avenue North to get onto Interstate 375 westbound.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060428200110/http://www.interstate275florida.com/I275SP/I375/Perspective/07.jpg"> Looking east underneath Interstate 375 at Martin Luther King Street North</a>.  Notice carefully the ramp to the left which carries travelers onto Interstate 375 westbound from 8th Street North as well as the so many sets of concrete girders and support piers that were required to construct Interstate 375 through here, primarily to avoid the 55+ condominium complex on the right (not shown).  Speaking of the condominium complex, a noise barrier wall was erected atop the right hand side Jersey barrier of Interstate 375 eastbound when the highway was built in 1978, apparently to address noise concerns from residents of the condominium complex.  The 150145 number etched on one of the columns is a Florida DOT bridge number for maintenance purposes.</div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">  </div></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><small> 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