AAA Projects 1.2 Percent Increase in Memorial Day Travel as Americans Stay Closer to Home
AAA projects 34.8 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, an increase of 1.2 percent – or 500,000 travelers – from the 34.3 million people who traveled one year ago. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 24 to Monday, May 28.
Georgia to Bid I-75/I-575 Construction Project
Georgia officials are getting ready for bids on a project to build optional toll lanes along Interstates 75 and 575. The project to build optional lanes in Cobb and Cherokee counties is expected cost roughly $1 billion. The Atlanta Journal …
I-4 Connector in Tampa 65% Complete
Construction crews have installed more than 1,000 of the 2,765 segments that will make up the bridge, just west of 31st Street. The Florida Department of Transportation says the connector is about 65% complete.
Northbound Traffic Switch Scheduled For Tonight on I-75 in Florida
NEW TAMPA — The northbound I-75 traffic switch to the temporary bridge over Bruce B. Downs Boulevard (Exit 270) is scheduled between 9:30 p.m. tonight (Monday, May 7) and 6 a.m. Tuesday (May 8). Therefore, by 6 a.m. Tuesday, northbound traffic will be using the new, temporary bridge, weather permitting. During this overnight period, expect one of the two lanes to be closed on northbound I-75 in this area.
Main points for drivers
- Be alert to the alignment change. South of the bridge, the travel lanes will curve to the right (towards the exit ramps), then straighten out and cross Bruce B. Downs Blvd., then curve to the left to rejoin the original alignment.
- The posted speed limit through the temporary lanes and bridge will be 55 MPH (posted speed north and south of the interchange is — and will remain — 60 MPH during the rest of the project).
- Northbound traffic will use the bridge for about 2 years as the two existing bridges are demolished and rebuilt.
- The next step will be to switch southbound traffic to the old northbound bridge. This is expected within the next two weeks.
Night Lane Closures on Florida I-75 in Hernando County
HERNANDO COUNTY — One lane may be closed in either direction of I-75 between Lockhart Road and the Withlacoochee River from 7:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday (May 6 – 10) nights
Night Lane Closures on Florida I-75 in Southern Pasco
WESLEY CHAPEL — One lane may be closed in either direction of I-75 from State Road 56 (Exit 275) to north of County Road 54 (Exit 279) from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Friday night, May 4 and Sunday through Friday (May 6 – 11) nights.
Night Lane Closures on Florida I-75 Near SR 56
TAMPA — One lane will be closed on northbound I-75 from south of the I-275 overpass to the State Road 56 overpass from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday and Monday (May 6 and 7) nights. One lane will be closed in this same area on southbound I-75 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday night (May 7) and Thursday night (May 10).
Night Lane Closures on Florida I-75, North of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
NEW TAMPA — The right lane will be closed on northbound I-75 at the site where the New Tampa Boulevard bridge is being built over I-75 between Bruce B. Downs Boulevard (Exit 270) and State Road 56 (Exit 275) from 9:30 p.m. Wednesday (May 9) to 6:30 a.m. Thursday (May 10). The right lane of southbound I-75 will be closed in that same area from 8 p.m. Thursday (May 10) to 5 a.m. Friday (May 11). [Info: call the City of Tampa at (813) 635-3402.]
Florida I-75 Widening From Fowler Avenue to State Road 56
Night lane closures on southbound I-75 at Bruce B. Downs
One lane will be closed on southbound I-75 in various locations from Bruce B. Downs Boulevard (Exit 270) to the Hillsborough River from 10:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday (May 6 – 10) nights.
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Night ramp closures at Fowler Avenue interchange with I-75
Various I-75 ramps may be closed at the Fowler Avenue interchange (Exit 265) from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday (May 6 – 10) nights. Detours will be used taking traffic in the opposite direction on Fowler Avenue to access open entrance ramps or by detouring traffic exiting I-75 to the opposite direction on Fowler Avenue, where motorists can u-turn and head in their intended travel direction.
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Night ramp closures at Fletcher Avenue interchange with I-75
Various I-75 ramps may be closed at the Fletcher Avenue interchange (Exit 266) from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday (May 6 – 10) nights. Detours will be used taking traffic in the opposite direction on Fletcher Avenue to access open entrance ramps or by detouring traffic exiting I-75 to the opposite direction on Fletcher Avenue, where motorists can u-turn and head in their intended travel direction.
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Night and day lane closures and night lane closures/traffic shifts on Fletcher Avenue in I-75 area
One lane will be closed and/or traffic shifted on eastbound and westbound Fletcher Avenue at I-75 from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday (May 6 – 10) nights. One lane may also be closed in both directions from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday (May 7 – 11).
ODOT Says I-75/Norwood Lateral Ramp To Close For 45 Days
ODOT says it placed signs and put messages on traffic billboards warning drivers of the closure. There is already construction on I-75 about a mile south from the bridge project. Some drivers say they’re glad they don’t have to deal with another …