Armenia Avenue - Former State Road 587A
Armenia Avenue is an urban arterial between North Hyde Park in Tampa and Carrollwood in unincorporated Hillsborough County. The southern extent of the street forms a one way couplet with Howard Avenue, which originates at Bayshore Boulevard at Historic Hyde Park. The northern portion of Armenia Avenue takes a number of turns to circumvent Lake Carroll to Fletcher Avenue.
The old designation of SR 587A split between two segments of Lake Magdalene Boulevard north of Fletcher Avenue and the Armenia Avenue section. The western branch connected Fletcher Avenue with Bearss Avenue, while the northern branch comprised a loop around Platt Lake north from Bearss Avenue.
A split diamond interchange joins the couplet of Howard Avenue north and Armenia Avenue south with Interstate 275 via a service road and Green Street.
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Howard Street continues one block from Green Street and I-275 to intersect Main Street within the Old West Tampa community.
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The next signal along Howard Avenue north operates at Columbus Drive, a minor collector route west to Macfarlane Park and east to Bowman and Riverside Heights.
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Howard Avenue curves northwest as Cimino Avenue to merge with Armenia Avenue.
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Cimino Avenue intersects Armenia Avenue at a five-way intersection with Tampa Bay Boulevard by the Marina Club of Tampa community.
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Two lanes turn onto Armenia Avenue north, as the street converts to a four lane boulevard north between West Riverside Heights and the Stadium Area.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard doubles as SR 574 west to U.S. 92 (Dale Mabry Highway) at Drew Park and east across the Hillsborough River into South Seminole Heights.
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Wishart Boulevard angles northeast from Armenia and Alva Avenues through the Wellswood community to U.S. 92 (Hillsborough Avenue).
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Osborne Avenue links Armenia Avenue with parallel Habana Avenue to the west and Wellswood Park to the east via a local section of Howard Avenue.
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U.S. 92 (Hillsborough Avenue) intersects Armenia Avenue west from Riverbend and east of Plaza Terrace as a busy six lane commercial arterial.
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Replaced by 2015, this remaining set of 12x8x8 signals operated at a crosswalk south of Humphrey Street at the Lowry Park Central.
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Armenia Avenue south at West Waters Avenue. Waters Avenue doubles as County Road 587A between SR 580 (Dale Mabry Highway) and U.S. 41 Business (Florida Avenue). The county road is not signed in Tampa.
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Armenia Avenue shifts westward and then slightly back to the east ahead of Sligh Avenue east to Riverband and Lambright Street west to Egypt Lake.
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Henry Avenue runs west from Armenia Avenue along the Tampa city line to Cacciatore Park. The residential street continues east to Rome Avenue in the Riverbend community.
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Armenia Avenue converges with U.S. 92 (Hillsborough Avenue) on the northwest side of the Wellswood neighborhood. Hillsborough Avenue Constitutes a major east-west arterial across the city of Tampa. U.S. 92 overlays the roadway west to Dale Mabry Highway (SR 580) and east all the way to Plant City.
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Southbound Armenia Avenue at Osborne Avenue to Wellswood Park.
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Wishart Boulevard weaves southwest through the Wellswood neighborhood to intersect Armenia Avenue across from Alva Drive.
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Armenia Avenue intersects Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard ahead of the Stadium Area and West Riverside Heights communities. MLK Boulevard is SR 574 west to U.S. 92 (Dale Mabry Highway) and east to Plant City.
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Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 09/05/15
- ABRoads: 03/14/14
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Page Updated Tuesday August 21, 2018.