Politics & Government

Traffic To Be Detoured Off Selmon Expressway Feb. 19

Expressway to be closed to eastbound traffic.

Drivers heading back to Brandon from Tampa on will find themselves detoured off the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway Saturday, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

Eastbound traffic will be detoured off the lower level lanes of the
Selmon Expressway between 22nd Street and 50th Street on Feb. 19 for work associated with the Interstate 4 / Selmon Expressway Connector project.

The detour will begin after midnight (Friday night into Saturday morning) and
end by 4 p.m. Saturday.

Traffic will be directed off the eastbound Selmon Expressway at Exit
9 (22nd Street), routed north to State Road 60 (Adamo Drive), east on SR 60,
then south on 50th Street (U.S. 41) to return to the Selmon
Expressway.  

Drivers who want to exit at the interchanges at 50th or 78th
streets need to follow this detour.

Drivers may avoid the detour by using the reversible lanes (upper deck) of the
Selmon Expressway.  

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If motorists do not exit off the lower level lanes at 22nd Street, they will be forced to enter the reversible lanes near 34th Street. Once on the reversible lanes, drivers can return to the lower level lanes only at one point -- west  of U.S. 301 -- to make connections to U.S. 301, Falkenburg Road and I-75.  

Drivers who remain on the reversible lanes past U.S. 301 will not be able to exit until the end of the expressway in Brandon at Town Center Boulevard and the Brandon Parkway.


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