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Indian Rocks Beach, or IRB, is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. Indian Rocks Beach is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located on the barrier island Sand Key, it has over two miles of beach along the Gulf of Mexico, with 26 public beach accesses. Tourism is its primary industry.
74th Ave N, Oakhurst Road, Indian Rocks Road, Belleview Boulevard former SR 694 (CR 694 to SR 688) and SR 697 (SR 688 to US 19 Alt.) [2] CR 240: 2.68 miles (4.31 km) CR 694/CR 233 in Seminole: CR 321 in Seminole: Oakhurst Road, 74th Avenue N, Old Oakhurst Road, 116th Street N, 66th Avenue N CR 245: 1.00 mile (1.61 km) CR 183 in Clearwater
The Indian Rocks Causeway (also called the Indian Rocks Bridge) is a twin-span double-leaf bascule bridge that crosses the Narrows, part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, connecting the barrier islands of Indian Rocks Beach and the mainland of Largo, Florida. The bridge carries Walsingham Road, part of SR 688.
The approximate coordinates for the Town of Indian Shores is located at (27.850668, –82.843407 [7]Indian Shores is bordered by the beach communities of Indian Rocks Beach to the north and Redington Shores to the south.
1955 Gulf Coast Highway (U. S. Highway 19) opens to St. Petersburg providing a direct route from Pinellas County to Tallahassee, Florida. [3]: 5 1956 Redington Shores and Indian Rocks Beach incorporated. [4]: 184 1957 Clearwater is the fastest growing U.S. City. [5]: 259 1960 The Howard Frankland Bridge provides third link across Tampa Bay.
The highway changes its name as it heads east across Pinellas County. From Gulf Boulevard in Indian Rocks Beach, it runs along 5th Avenue and crosses the bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway as the Indian Rocks Causeway. Once off the causeway, it becomes Walsingham Road and runs on to the intersection of Walsingham and Ulmerton Roads.