Major closure on Interstate 275 between Tampa, St. Pete is happening tonight

Lauren Walck
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All southbound traffic will be diverted off the interstate tonight on the Howard Frankland Bridge from Tampa to St. Petersburg.

The Florida Department of Transportation said in an alert the lanes will close from 11 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7.

No vehicles will be allowed southbond from Exit 39 at STate Road 60 to Exit 31 at the Ulmerton Road (SR 688) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Street interchange.

These are the detour options:

▪ Southbound / westbound I-275: All traffic will be directed off at Exit 39, go west on SR 60/Memorial Highway and across Old Tampa Bay on the Courtney Campbell Causeway (SR 60). Once in Clearwater, traffic will turn left from SR 60 and go south on the Bayside Bridge (CR 611), then south on Roosevelt Boulevard (SR 686) to rejoin southbound I-275.

▪ Memorial Hwy/Veterans Expressway/Tampa International Airport area: Go west on SR 60/Memorial Highway and across Old Tampa Bay on the Courtney Campbell Causeway (SR 60). Once in Clearwater, traffic will turn left from SR 60 and go south on the Bayside Bridge (CR 611), then south on Roosevelt Boulevard (SR 686) to southbound I-275.

▪ Kennedy Blvd. area and traffic on Memorial Blvd. (SR 60) south of the Courtney Campbell Causeway: Go east on Kennedy Blvd., then turn right and go south on Dale Mabry Highway, then turn right and go west on Gandy Blvd. (US Highway 92) across Old Tampa Bay to I-275.