Attention New Tampa & Wesley Chapel drivers, if you’re planning on using the S.R. 56 exit from northbound I-275 tonight, you might want to consider another route.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) reports that the S.R. 56 exit will be closed tonight and Thursday night (November 20) for construction, as part of a new project at the apex.
FDOT spokesperson John McShaffrey says that construction recently began on northbound I-275 on the half-mile stretch leading up to the split for I-75 and S.R. 56.
“This new project will extend the northbound lanes of I-275 up to the exit point to the S.R. 56 exit ramp and the exit ramp to northbound I-75,” McShaffrey explains.
Currently, I-275 narrows from three lanes down to two just before the S.R. 56 exit. The new project will allow the three lanes to continue past the S.R. 56 exit, where they then will narrow to two lanes before the bridge over I-75.
The project is estimated to cost about $3 million and McShaffrey says that construction should be completed by the fall of 2015. Drivers can expect nightly lane closures and ramp detours between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.
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