Route description Lee Roy Selmon Expressway
1 route description
1.1 express lanes
1.1.1 operating hours
1.2 lane counts
1.3 open-road tolling
route description
the selmon expressway entering downtown tampa (looking west), elevated, reversible lanes in bottom-right, curving out of image, re-entering image in right-center , traveling beneath mainline meridian avenue.
the tollway begins @ interchange u.s. route 92 (gandy boulevard) , dale mabry highway north of macdill air force base. makes way northeast along lightly used csx rail corridor first 4 miles before heading east towards downtown tampa. florida ave, highway winds through channelside district , southern fringe of ybor city before continuing due eastward towards 78th st. there connection i-4 east of 22nd st allows commuters move between various points throughout hillsborough county , beyond. west of 78th st, expressway crosses on palm river (the southernmost portion of tampa bypass canal) , makes southeastward curve towards 301. there, highway crosses on 301 , falkenburg road before ending @ trumpet interchange i-75 in brandon.
express lanes
the reversible express lanes (rel), known state road 618a, begin @ meridian avenue in downtown tampa, following main expressway s path above in center median of journey. entire route elevated, exception of at-grade segments between 26th street , 39th street, between 78th street , i-75. at-grade provision made between 26th street , 39th street accommodate newly opened interstate 4/selmon expressway connector. at-grade portion equipped eastbound (only) slip-ramp allow commuters south tampa utilize rel. toll gantry located east of 78th street , toll gantry along entire rel. between 78th street , 301, slip-ramps exist both directions (exiting , entering rel). rel crosses on i-75 , ends @ town center boulevard in brandon (near westfield brandon). there, highway disperses onto brandon parkway, connects providence road , other redesigned thoroughfares allow seamless connection points within brandon , surrounding areas.
operating hours
weekdays
westbound (to downtown): 6 am – 10 am.
transitional^: 10 am – 1 pm.
eastbound direction (brandon parkway segment) opens @ 10:30 am.
westbound direction (west of 78th street) closes @ 11:30 am.
eastbound (to brandon): 1 pm – 4 am.
weekends , holidays
eastbound direction (to brandon) only^^: 1pm (friday afternoon) 4 am (monday morning)
on major holidays, rel operate eastbound day, direction reversing westbound following day @ 4am, if holiday not fall on friday. if holiday falls on friday, rel remain eastbound throughout entire weekend until following monday @ 4am. such holidays announced on thea website prior holiday.
^ denotes transitional operation of reversible lanes bridge, segment between 78th street , downtown tampa westbound traffic , brandon parkway segment east of 301 eastbound traffic.
^^ reversible lanes continuously open in eastbound direction friday afternoon monday morning.
please note these hours subject change.
lane counts
for of length, selmon 4 lanes (two in each direction). however, six-lane segments (three lanes in each direction) exist.
four lanes (two in each direction) gandy boulevard east of morgan street.
six lanes (three in each direction) east of morgan street i-4/selmon connector.
four lanes through i-4/selmon connector interchange.
six lanes i-4/selmon connector 50th street.
four lanes 50th st east of 78th street.
six lanes east of 78th st west of 301.
four lanes through 301 interchange.
six lanes east of 301 falkenburg road.
four lanes falkenburg road i-75
the elevated lanes consist of 3 lanes meridian avenue east of 78th street, narrowing down 2 lanes travels brandon parkway.
open-road tolling
the expressway has no manned toll gates. accommodate motorists not have sunpass transponders (such out of state), tampa-hillsborough expressway authority , florida s turnpike enterprise have created bill program (also known toll-by-plate ).
each vehicle without sunpass transponder photographed , license plate read. if license plate number associated bill account, account used pay toll. if there no account, notification of toll mailed vehicle s owner; after 30 days, penalties imposed. toll-by-plate administrative fees applied bills not associated registered toll-by-plate account.
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