ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Locals love to walk, run, bike and rollerblade along Pinellas County’s trails, but the county also has a higher number of crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists.

"We are overrepresented. There are more pedestrian crashes than there should be. Our goal, like the state, is zero, and we’re working hard to achieve that," said active transportation planner Kyle Simpson of Forward Pinellas.

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The pedestrian overpass will cover over State Road 60 from Bayshore, and it will tee on the southern end of SR 60, allowing people to either go east to Hillsborough County or west to connect into the businesses that are further west on State Road 60, Simpson said.

"Right now, people accessing the trail have to cross at a traffic ligh

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