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Former SR 585 overhead above the ramp from I-275 north to I-4 east. 07/10/11

The advance overhead for SR 585 (Exit 1) along the flyover from I-275 south to I-4 east. SR 585 was decommissioned in 2014 and signs for Exit 1 changed to reflect the cruise terminal at Channelside. 10/16/07

Ramps from I-275 combine a quarter mile ahead of the split-diamond interchange (Exit 1) with 21st and 22nd Streets. The one-way couplet was a part of State Road 585 until the completion of the Selmon Connector further east. 07/06/13

Exit 1 departed for SR 585 (21st and 22nd Streets). This overhead was removed when the new Selmon Connector opened in January 2014. SR 585 was turned over to the city of Tampa after a final repaving by FDOT. 07/06/13

Interstate 4 east approaching Exit 1 during widening. 05/27/05

Exit 1 departed I-4 east for SR 585 into Ybor City. 05/27/05

Interests to Port Tampa Bay were originally directed southward on SR 585 to U.S. 41 Business. That changed with the opening of the Selmon Connector and its ramp to S 20th Street (U.S. 41 Business). 11/10/07

Construction for the Selmon Connector. 11/25/12

Originally a diamond interchange joined Interstate 4 with SR 569 (40th Street S) at Exit 2. This exchange was removed during I-4 widening due to the close proximity of the revised Exit 3 (U.S. 41). 05/27/05

What was the eastbound ramp departure of Exit 2 to SR 569 (40th Street S). SR 569 travels south to SR 60 (Adamo Drive) and north to U.S. 41 (Melburne Boulevard) for a total distance of 1.33 miles. 05/27/05

The original U.S. 41 (Exit 3) sign bridge along Interstate 4 east. 01/02/06

The split-diamond interchange for U.S. 41 included ramps to Columbus Drive just west of U.S. 41. These were shifted further southwest to coincide with a realignment of Columbus Drive. 05/27/05

An older ground level sign for SR 574, posted one half mile west of Exit 5 for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. 03/18/06

Guide signs on the Exit 7 c/d roadway for U.S. 92 east and U.S. 301 were altered to omit U.S. 92 east. Drivers are now informed of the U.S. 92 off-ramp further east within the interchange complex. 03/18/06

A former ground level sign posted for Exit 14. This sign was replaced with an overhead when new weigh stations were constructed here between 2007 and 2009. 12/29/05

Ground level guide signs ahead of Exit 14 / McIntsh Road were replaced in kind as part of a October 2018 to Summer 2020 repaving project along I-4. Orlando is one mile closer than what is listed. 05/15/16

Succeeding signs for Exit 14 were carbon copied by May 2020. 08/25/18

08/25/18

Several signs in eastern Hillsborough font featured Arial font at one time, including this mileage sign posted after Exit 14. 12/29/05

The original truck weigh stations were located just outside Plant City ahead of Exit 19 (Florida 566). There were demolished when the new facilities further west opened in November 2009. 05/27/05

A second overhead preceded the two-lane off-ramp for Florida 566 (Thonotosassa Road) along Interstate 4 east. It was removed. 05/29/05

Before construction to widen I-4 to six lanes was completed, the right-hand lane of Interstate 4 eastbound defaulted onto Memorial Boulevard (SR 564) east at Exit 28. 12/16/13

The overhead at Exit 41 for Polk Parkway on I-4 east included corners (a rarity in Florida) and a right-hand exit tab. The assembly was taken down by 2011 and later reinstalled with a new sign including an incorrect left-hand exit tab. 03/18/06

I-4 east at Florida 559 prior to reconstruction Exit 44. 09/28/13

SR 559 bridge replacement and interchange reconstruction. 05/15/16

Mileage sign and SR 559 shields posted along the off-ramp at Exit 44. 05/25/05 09/22/14

SR 559 totals 10.92 miles from Polk City south to SR 655 (Recker Highway). 05/25/05 09/22/14

A placard displaying "Exit 25 MPH" was added below this sign for the substandard loop ramp at Exit 48 by January 2008. The whole assembly was then replaced in July 2014. 09/28/13

U.S. 27 converges with I-4 near the defunct Boardwalk and Baseball City theme park. Touted as a major tourist attraction in 1990, the company that ran it went out of business in the early 2000s. The site is now home to Posner Park, a big box retail center. 11/23/03