Columbus Drive - Tampa

Columbus Drive connects the MacFarlane Park, Ridgewood Park and Tampa Heights neighborhoods between U.S. 92 (Dale Mabry Highway) / SR 616 and U.S. 41 Business (Tampa Street / Florida Avenue). Passing below the Downtown Interchange joining Interstates 4 and 275, Columbus Drive extends east into VM Ybor, paralleling I-4 to Jackson Heights. Through the North Ybor community, Columbus Drive flows eastbound with one-way traffic. A combination of 19th Avenue, 18th Avenue, 29th Place and 17th Avenue carries westbound traffic to the north.

Construction to expand I-4 to six lanes in the early 2000s included realigning Columbus Drive at U.S. 41 (North 50th Street) to accommodate the wider foot print of the freeway. Columbus Drive loops south through the exchange, before resuming eastward to merge with Broadway Avenue (CR 574) south of Orient Park.

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Page Updated Tuesday August 21, 2018.