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

<div style="text-align: center;">Project Details</div>



<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Phase</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Completed</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Limits</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>I-275 from east of the Howard Frankland Bridge to east of Lois Avenue</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Project Start</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>March 2019</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Length</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>2.4 miles</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>City</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Tampa</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>County</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Hillsborough</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Road</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>I-275SR 60</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Construction Cost</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>$31 Million</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Estimated Completion</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Fall 2020</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Contractor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>The Middlesex Corporation</td></tr></table>


<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td colspan="2">Contact Information</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Project Information</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Tom Lay</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>813-975-3554</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">tom.lay@dot.state.fl.us</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Media Contact</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>John McShaffrey, APR</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>813-975-6930</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">lohn.McShaffrey@dot.state.fl.us</td></tr></table>

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## 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:

• 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.