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I-275 Operational Improvements (Westshore area) 441111-1-52-01

Project Details

Phase	Completed
Limits	I-275 from east of the Howard Frankland Bridge to east of Lois Avenue
Project Start	March 2019
Length	2.4 miles
City	Tampa
County	Hillsborough
Road	I-275SR 60
Construction Cost	$31 Million
Estimated Completion	Fall 2020
Contractor	The Middlesex Corporation

About

This project is complete and final accepted by FDOT as of November 9, 2020.

Construction is complete on the I-275 corridor to improve operations of the I-275 / SR 60 interchange and I-275 from east of the Howard Frankland Bridge to Lois Avenue. These improvements are designed to provide congestion relief by adding lanes to I-275.

Here are the major improvements:

Contact Information

Project Information

Tom Lay 813-975-3554

tom.lay@dot.state.fl.us

Media Contact

John McShaffrey, APR 813-975-6930

lohn.McShaffrey@dot.state.fl.us

Add a lane in both directions of I-275 between the exit ramps to SR 60 and the entrance ramps from SR 60. COMPLETED
Convert a merge-lane to a through-lane on northbound I-275 from the SR 60 entrance ramp. COMPLETED
Add an auxiliary lane on northbound I-275 from the SR 60 entrance ramp to Dale Mabry Highway exit ramp.

COMPLETED

Add an auxiliary lane on northbound I-275 between West Shore Boulevard and Lois Avenue with a noise barrier. COMPLETED
Lengthen the entrance ramp from SR 60 onto southbound I-275. COMPLETED
Add a lane to the northbound I-275 exit ramp to SR 60. COMPLETED 9/26/2020

Latest progress! A new lane opened on northbound I-275 the morning of September 26, 2020, adding a lane to northbound I-275 Exit 39 to SR 60 / Kennedy Boulevard and lengthening the merge area on the approach to the flyover bridge onto westbound SR 60.