Interstate 275 Florida – North

The Tampa skyline from I-275 by the Hillsborough River. 03/18/06

11/04/06

The 1.25-mile overhead for Interstate 4 (Exit 45B) was replaced with a new panel by 2015. A pull through panel was also added for I-275 north for Ocala. 07/06/13

Ashley Drive ventures south from Exit 44 to Florida 60 (Kennedy Boulevard) and Channelside Drive. Scott Street leads east along the viaduct to provide connections with Orange Avenue south into Downtown and Nebraska Avenue (Florida 45) south to Channelside. 03/05/06

This full width monotube sign bridge was removed by 2015 and replaced with a side mounted assembly for just Exit 44. 07/06/13

Replaced truss sign bridge posted at the Exit 44 separation for Ashley Drive south to the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and the Tampa Convention Center and Scott Street east to U.S. 41 Business for the Tampa Theater, City Hall and the rest of the central business district. 11/08/06

Views of previous guide signs during 2002-06 reconstruction of the Downtown Interchange between Interstates 275 & 4. 05/27/05

Views of previous guide signs during 2002-06 reconstruction of the Downtown Interchange between Interstates 275 & 4. 03/18/06

Views of previous guide signs during 2002-06 reconstruction of the Downtown Interchange between Interstates 275 & 4. 03/24/06

Before and after looks at the Interstate 4/275 stack interchange. 12/23/03

Before and after looks at the Interstate 4/275 stack interchange. 11/26/07

The section of Interstate 275 north of Interstate 4 was reconstructed in conjunction with the Downtown Interchange project. Several of the signs and sign bridges were replaced as lanes were added to the freeway, including this interchange sequence sign above Columbus Drive. 12/23/03

This mileage sign replaced the one shown in the previous photo, but was replaced itself in 2007. Even though it is several hundred feet further north than the previous sign, the mileage amounts for the next three exits, beginning with Florida 574 (Exit 46A), remained the same. 05/28/05

Installation of variable message signs along Interstate 275 replaced the upcoming exits sign pictured above with this half mile sign for Exit 46B and SR 574 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Boulevard). Premature wear on this overhead led to its replacement by 2014. The new panel is missing an exit tab and is no longer illuminated by light fixtures. 07/10/11

This side mounted overhead for Exit 46B was replaced with a new monotube assembly by 2014. 07/10/11

Construction between January 4, 2005 and January 2007 rehabilitated the concrete surface of I-275 from Floribraska Avenue to Yukon Street. The $16.7-million road work included the installation of new overhead lighting and replacement of overheads on this sign bridge at the MLK Boulevard off-ramp. 05/28/05

Replacements made at Exit 46B (SR 574) included the removal of the pull through panel for I-275 north. 07/10/11

Interstate 275 crosses paths with U.S. 92 for a second time at Exit 47. This time, Interstate 275 is traveling north-south, and U.S. 92 is traveling east-west, unlike the previous meeting at Exit 41 (Dale Mabry Highway). 07/10/11

A grassy median separated the carriageways of Interstate 275 before the shoulder expansion project in 2012. This ground level guide sign was replaced after 2008 with a punctuation mark added after Ave. 12/23/03

Exit 47A leaves Interstate 275 north for U.S. 92 (Hillsborough Avenue) east to U.S. 41 and Florida 45 (Nebraska Avenue). Hillsborough Avenue carries U.S. 92 east to Harney and junction Interstate 4 at Eureka Springs. U.S. 92 is also unsigned Florida 600, which follows the route east toward Lakeland and Kissimmee. 07/10/11

Northbound Interstate 275 reaches Exit 47B, U.S. 92 (Hillsborough Avenue) west. U.S. 92 continues west along Hillsborough Avenue, then turns south at a six parclo interchange with Dale Mabry Highway (Florida 580). 12/23/03

Sign replacement for the Exit 47B overhead on I-275 north at U.S. 92 (Hillsborough Avenue) west. 07/10/11

The next exit along northbound is Exit 48, Sligh Avenue. Sligh Avenue serves the Lowry Park and Sulphur Springs communities, including Lowry Park Zoo. 05/28/05

Signs were removed/replaced at Exit 48 (Sligh Avenue) by 2007. Sligh Avenue straddles the north end of Seminole Heights to the east and spans the Hillsborough River on its westward journey to Egypt-Lake Leto. 07/13/07

A new interchange sequence sign replaced this assembly with the addition of full inside shoulders by 2014. 07/10/11

I-275 crosses the Hillsborough River for a second time leading into the Sulphur Springs community ahead of Exit 49 with Bird Street and Waters Avenue. 07/10/11

Prior signage for Exit 49 omitted Waters Avenue, which parallels Bird Street just north of the former Tampa Greyhound Park. 05/28/05

Waters Avenue becomes unsigned CR 587A west of adjacent U.S. 41 Business (Florida Avenue) and CR 584 west of SR 580 (Dale Mabry Highway) as it links north Tampa with Town 'N Country.<br /> This sign bridge was removed due to the addition of inside shoulders along I-275. 07/10/11

Northbound Interstate 275 reaches Exit 51, Junction Florida 582 (Fowler Avenue). Fowler Avenue eastbound serves the University of South Florida, which had an enrollment of 42,950 as of the Fall 2004 semester. As a result, USF had the largest enrollment of any such school in the Southeastern United States that year and ranked in the top ten each year otherwise. 12/23/03

A sign replacement was made at the diamond interchange (Exit 51) with Florida 582 by 2007, where Univ South Florida was added. 07/13/07

A second change at the Exit 51 off-ramp occurred after 2008 with a new carbon copied sign installed. 07/10/11

Prior to 2011, Exit 51 partitioned into two left lanes west toward Forest Hills and a single right-hand lane for University Mall and USF. Work expanded this ramp to include three right-hand turn lanes, reflecting commuter traffic increases to both USF and New Tampa. 12/03/03

This mileage sign listed the distances to Florida 54, the first exit after the merge with Interstate 75, and the I-75 control points of Ocala and Gainesville. A replacement was made after the new ramp (Exit 59) to Florida 56 opened. The new panel added the distance to SR 56 (eight miles), revised the distances to SR 54 (11 miles) and Ocala (85 miles), and dropped Gainesville. 07/10/11

County Line Road passes over Interstate 275 at the border between Hillsborough and Pasco Counties. Four lanes now pass under this bridge with the 2009-12 addition of the lengthened Florida 56 off-ramp. 11/26/07

Northbound Interstate 275 originally reached its northern terminus at a conventional wye interchange with Interstate 75 east of Lutz and south of Exit 275 with Florida 56. Access to Florida 56 now requires motorists to depart previously at Exit 59. 11/26/07

The previous set of end Interstate 275 signs posted at the merge with Interstate 75. 05/28/05