Pasco County Road 530
Partitioned into two segments, Pasco County Road 530 runs along the north side of Zephyrhills. The western portion is a minor collector linking Kossick Road for 0.247 miles between Green Slope Drive and U.S. 301. A half mile east of U.S. 301, CR 530 lines Otis Allen Road 2.08 miles east from Wire Road to CR 535 (Old Lakeland Highway). The Pasco MPO Mobility 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan references the Overpass Road Extension between CR 579 (Handcart Road) and Greenslope Drive dually as the CR 530 Extension.
Kossick Road extends east from U.S. 301 to the Zephyr Lakes subdivision. The city of Zephyrhills plans to connect the four lane roadway with adjacent Otis Allen Road, but that requires the relocation of a Duke Energy transmission pole.1 Kossick Road is part of a Pasco County Comprehensive Plan and 2025 Long Range transportation Plan to extend Overpass Road east to CR 41 (Fort King Road) as a new four lane corridor.
The Overpass Road corridor will extend eastward on a new alignment to CR 579 (Handcart Road) at Fairview Heights Road. Following the Fairview Heights right of way, the four lane route continues east to a new alignment connecting with CR 41 (Fort King Road) west of Kossick Road. Kossick Road and CR 530 along Otis Allen Rad will complete the corridor east to CR 535 (Old Lakeland Highway). The Final Overpass Road Route Study recommended alignment was Alternative O-3, as it utilizes the existing right of way of both Overpass and Fairview Heights Road.2
A diamond interchange with a flyover connecting Overpass Road west to Interstate 75 south opened to traffic in January 20233. $64 million in construction on the project started in October 2020.
East
Kossik Road expands to four lanes east from Green Slope Drive to U.S. 301 (Gall Boulevard).
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CR 530 (Kossik Road) intersects U.S. 301 in northern reaches of the Zephyrhills city limits. U.S. 301 (Gall Boulevard) heads south to Downtown and north to Dade City.
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Kossik Road extends east from U.S. 301 and CR 530 to Zephyr Commons shopping center and the Abbott Park subdivision.
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Kossik Road temporary ends east at Zephyr Lakes Drive.
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Wire Road runs along the Zephyrhills city line north from the Crestview Hills subdivision to the west end of CR 530 (Otis Allen Road). The Zephyr Lakes subdivision was constructed along the west side of Wire Road at Otis Allen Road in 2019/20.
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A reassurance shield marks the eastbound beginning of CR 530 along Otis Allen Road after the intersection with Wire Road.
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Otis Allen Road east of 23rd Street.
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CR 530 curves southeast to end at CR 535 (Old Lakeland Highway). Otis Allen Road originally turned northeast to meet Old Lakeland Highway across from Melrose Avenue (CR 35A) at Vitis.
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CR 535 (Old Lakeland Highway) encircles the east side of Zephyrhills south from CR 35A (Melrose Avenue) to SR 39 (Paul S. Buchman Highway).
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West
An end shield for CR 530 stands at Wire Road along Otis Allen Road westbound.
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Kossik Road is a landscaped parkway connecting the Abbott Park and Zephyr Lakes subdivisions with U.S. 301 at CR 530.
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CR 530 lines Kossik Road west from U.S. 301 (Gall Boulevard) in northern Zephyrhills.
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A confirming marker stands west of U.S. 301 along Kossik Road.
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CR 530 west concludes at Green Slope Drive south. The future Overpass Road Extension will expand the remainder of Kossik Road west to four lanes and extend the arterial to CR 41 (Fort King Road).
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References:
- "Carriage House set to get $155,000 facelift." The Laker / Lutz News (FL), September 1, 2020.
- Final Overpass Road Route Study. Pasco County Engineering Services Department. March 2005.
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 12/04/17, 09/03/20
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Page Updated Thursday March 11, 2021.