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Project Details
Work Type Safety Improvements
Phase Construction
Limits from 49th Street to I-275
Project Start December 1, 2025
Length 3.11 miles
City
County
Road
Construction Cost $243,000
Contractor Cone & Graham, Inc.
About

The Florida Department of Transportation's Design-Build firm, Cone & Graham, Inc., is making roadway lighting improvements to SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) from 49th Street to I-275 in Pinellas County.

Safety improvements include installing new light poles and retrofitting existing light poles along SR 688 (Ulmerton Road).

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What is design-build? Design-build is a method of project delivery in which one entity - the design-build team - works under a single contract with the FDOT (or any owner) to fully design and construct a project.  The contract work covers from initial design through construction completion.  This contract type typically allows for faster construction of a project as design and construction can be on-going simultaneously. 

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Contact Information
Project Information
Bryce Johns
727-575-8334
Bryce.Johns@dot.state.fl.us
Media Contact
Kris Carson
813-975-6060
Kristen.Carson@dot.state.fl.us
Closures
  • SR 688 (Ulmerton Road) from 49th Street N to Egret Boulevard 
    Lane closures: Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.


     

Project Images
Installing formwork for a mow pad around the replaced pull box (June 2026 photo)
Poured mow pad around the replaced pull box (June 2026 photo)
Poured mow pad around the replaced 13x24 pull box (June 2026 photo)
Removing the existing light pole base & mow pad (June 2026 photo)
Crew member replaces luminaire on light pole (January 2026 photo)