Interstate 75 in Florida

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Interstate 75
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

South end:

SR 826/924 in Hialeah, FL

Major
junctions:

I-595/SR 869 in Weston, FL

I-275 near Gillette
I-4 near Temple Terrace
I-275 near Lutz
Turnpike near The Villages
I-10 near Lake City

North end:

I-75 near Lake Park, GA

Interstate 75 is the main interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States, and the primary north-south interstate highway along the west coast and southern end of the state of Florida.

1 Route description
2 State Roads 93 & 93A
3 History
4 Major cities
5 Auxiliary routes
6 Lane Configurations
7 Exit List
8 Notes
9 External links

[edit] Route description

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Interstate 75 runs closest to U.S. Route 41 except between Tampa and High Springs. It runs closer to U.S. Route 301 between Ellenton and Temple Terrace, and again from Dade City to Sparr. From Belleview to Lake City it runs closest to U.S. Route 441.

[edit] State Roads 93 & 93A

Like any other Florida interstate, there is an unsigned state road designation associated with Interstate 75. For most of its length in Florida, Interstate 75 is unsigned State Road 93. The lone exception is in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, where it is unsigned State Road 93A. This is because SR 93 was designated along the original I-75 routing. When the Interstates were renumbered, the state route designations were not changed to match.

[edit] History

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[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities and other structures for signs.

[edit] Auxiliary routes

Interstate 275 goes into downtown Tampa, across the Howard Frankland Bridge into St. Petersburg, then south across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, reconnecting with I-75 in Manatee County, Florida.

I-175 and I-375 are very brief Interstates that go east into downtown St. Petersburg.

[edit] Lane Configurations

Between Georgia line and Florida's Turnpike (Exit 329) (3 lanes each way)
Between Turnpike and SR 582/Fowler Avenue (Exit 265) (2 lanes each way, but gradually being widened to 3 lanes each way)
Between SR 582 and State Road 681 (Exit 200) near Nokomis (3 lanes each way except through Riverview and part of Brandon where it is up to 5 lanes each way)
Between SR 681 and Harborview Road (Exit 167) (2 lanes each way)
Between Harborview Road and US 17 (Exit 164) (3 lanes each way)
Between US 17 and US 27 (Exit 23) (2 lanes each way)
Between US 27 and I-595 (Exit 19) (3 lanes each way)
From I-595 to southern terminus (5 lanes each way)

[edit] Exit List

Exit OA (Old Exit 1A) State Road 826 (Palmetto Expressway) [southbound]
Exit OB (Old Exit 1B) State Road 826 (Palmetto Expressway) [northbound]
Exit 1 (Old Exit 2) Northwest 138th Street
Exit 4 (Old Exit 3A) State Road 860 (Miami Gardens Drive)
Exit 5 (Old Exit 3B) Florida's Turnpike [southbound]
Exit 7A (Old Exit 4A) Miramar Parkway [eastbound]
Exit 7B (Old Exit 4B) Miramar Parkway [westbound]
Exit 9A (Old Exit 5A) State Road 820 (Pines Boulevard) [eastbound]
Exit 9B (Old Exit 5B) State Road 820 (Pines Boulevard) [westbound]
Exit 11A (Old Exit 6A) Sheridan Street [eastbound]
Exit 11B (Old Exit 6B) Sheridan Street [westbound]
Exit 13A (Old Exit 7A) Griffin Road [eastbound]
Exit 13B (Old Exit 7B) Griffin Road [westbound]
Exit 15 (Old Exit 8) Royal Palm Boulevard
Exit 19 (Old Exit 10) Interstate 595 (Everglades Expressway) & State Road 869 (Sawgrass Expressway)
Exit 21 (Old Exit 11) State Road 84 (Northwest 184th Avenue / Indian Trace)
Exit 22 (Old Exit 12) Glades Parkway
Exit 23 (Old Exit 13A/13B) US 27
(Alligator Alley: PAY TOLL)
(Rest Areas)
Exit 49 (Old Exit 14) Broward County Road 833 (Government Road / Snake Road)
(Rest Areas)
Exit 80 (Old Exit 14A) State Road 29
(Alligator Alley: PAY TOLL)
Exit 101 (Old Exit 15) State Road 84/State Road 951 (Collier Blvd.)
Exit 105 (New Exit) Collier County Road 886 (Golden Gate Pkwy.)
Exit 107 (Old Exit 16) Collier County Road 896 (Pine Ridge Road)
Exit 111 (Old Exit 17) Collier County Road 846 (Immokalee Road)
Exit 115 (Old Exit 18) Lee County Road 865 (Bonita Beach Road)
Exit 123 (Old Exit 19) Lee County Road 850 (Corkscrew Road)
Exit 128 (Old Exit 20) Lee County Road 840 (Alico Road)
Exit 131 (Old Exit 21) Lee County Road 876 (Daniels Parkway)
Exit 136 (Old Exit 22) State Road 884 (Colonial Boulevard)
Exit 138 (Old Exit 23) State Road 82 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)
Exit 139 (Old Exit 24) Lee County Road 810 (Luckett Road)
Exit 141 (Old Exit 25) State Road 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard)
Exit 143 (Old Exit 26) State Road 78 (Bayshore Road)
Exit 158 (Old Exit 27) Charlotte County Road 762 (Tuckers Grade)
(Rest Areas)
Exit 161 (Old Exit 28) Charlotte County Road 768 (North Jones Loop Road)
Exit 164 (Old Exit 29) US 17 (Duncan Road)
Exit 167 (Old Exit 30) Charlotte County Road 776 (Harbor View Road)
Exit 170 (Old Exit 31) Charlotte/DeSoto County Road 769 (Kings Highway)
Exit 179 (Old Exit 32) Toledo Blade Boulevard
Exit 182 (Old Exit 33) Sumter Boulevard
Exit 191 (Old Exit 34) River Road
Exit 193 (Old Exit 35) Jacaranda Boulevard
Exit 195 (Old Exit 35A) Laurel Road
Exit 200 (Old Exit 36) State Road 681
Exit 205 (Old Exit 37) State Road 72 (Clark Road)
Exit 207 (Old Exit 38) State Road 758 (Bee Ridge Road)
Exit 210 (Old Exit 39) State Road 780 (Fruitville Road)
Exit 213 (Old Exit 40) State Road 610 (University Parkway)
Exit 217 (Old Exit 41) State Road 70 (Oneco-Myakka City Road)
Exit 220 (Old Exit 42) State Road 64 (Bradenton-Arcadia Road)
Exit 224 (Old Exit 43) US 301
Exit 228 (Old Exit 44) Interstate 275 (Saint Petersburg Parkway)
Exit 229 (Old Exit 45) Manatee County Road 6 (Moccasin Wallow)
(Rest Areas)
Exit 240 (Old Exit 46) State Road 674 (College Avenue East/Sun City Center Boulevard)
Exit 246 (Old Exit 47) Hillsborough County Road 672 (Big Bend Road)
Exit 250 (Old Exit 48) Gibsonton Drive
Exit 254 (Old Exit 49) US 301 (Tampa East Bouelvard)
Exit 256 (Old Exit 50) State Toll Road 618 (Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway)
Exit 257 (Old Exit 51) State Road 60 (Frank Adamo Drive)
Exit 259 (Old Exit 52) State Road 574 (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)
Exit 261 (Old Exit 53) Interstate 4
Exit 265 (Old Exit 54) State Road 582 (Fowler Avenue)
Exit 266 (Old Exit 55) Hillsborough County Roads 582-A & 579 (Fletcher Avenue)
Exit 270 (Old Exit 56) Hillsborough County Road 581 (Bruce B. Downs Boulevard)
Exit 274 (Old Exit 57) Interstate 275 (Tampa Expressway)

Exit 275 (Old Exit 57A) State Road 56
(Rest Areas)
Exit 279 (Old Exit 58) State Road 54/Pasco County Road 54 (Purple Heart Highway)
Exit 285 (Old Exit 59) State Road 52 (Schrader Memorial Highway)
Exit 293 (Old Exit 60) Pasco County Road 41 (Blanton Road/Spring Lake Highway)
Exit 301 (Old Exit 61) US 98/State Road 50 (Cortez Boulevard)
(Rest Areas)
Exit 309 (Old Exit 62) Sumter County Roads 476B & 673(To Sumter CR 476)
Exit 314 (Old Exit 63) State Road 48/Sumter County Road 48 (Bushnell Road)
Exit 321 (Old Exit 64) Sumter County Road 470
Exit 328 (Old Exit 65) Florida's Turnpike
Exit 329 (Old Exit 66) State Road 44 (Gulf-Atlantic Highway)
(Truck Weigh Stations)
Exit 341 (Old Exit 67) Marion County Road 484
(Rest Areas)
Exit 350 (Old Exit 68) State Road 200(College Road)
Exit 352 (Old Exit 69) State Road 40(West Silver Springs Boulevard)
Exit 354 (Old Exit 70) US 27 (Blichton Road)
Exit 358 (Old Exit 71) State Road 326(Northwest 77th Street)
Exit 368 (Old Exit 72) Marion County Road 318
Exit 374 (Old Exit 73) Alachua County Road 234
(Rest Areas)
Exit 382 (Old Exit 74) State Road 121(Southwest Williston Road)
Exit 384 (Old Exit 75) State Road 24(Old Archer Road)
Exit 387 (Old Exit 76) State Road 26(West Newberry Road)
Exit 390 (Old Exit 77) State Road 222(Northwest 39th Avenue)
Exit 399 (Old Exit 78) US 441(West Santa Fe Boulevard)
Exit 404 (Old Exit 79) State Road 236(Northwest CR 236)
(Rest Areas)
Exit 414 (Old Exit 80) US 41-441
Exit 423 (Old Exit 81) State Road 47(Columbia City Road)
Exit 427 (Old Exit 82) US 90
Exit 435 (Old Exit 83) Interstate 10
Exit 439 (Old Exit 84) State Road 136 (Thunder Road)
(Northbound Rest Area)
(Southbound Rest Area)
(Truck Weigh Stations)
Exit 451 (Old Exit 85) US 129
Exit 460 (Old Exit 86) State Road 6
Exit 467 (Old Exit 87) State Road 143 (6th Street)

(FLORIDA WELCOME CENTER[Southbound Only])

[edit] Notes

The Alligator Alley section west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is due east/west and is one of only two sections of I-75 that are tolled (the other is the Mackinac Bridge). Interstate 75 was originally intended to run parallel to Alligator Alley.

The eastern terminus of Alligator Alley, the southern terminus of Sawgrass Expressway, and the western terminus of Interstate 595 are in the same stack interchange.

Originally, I-75 went through Tampa and St. Petersburg, while the current I-75 was to be called I-75E. Because of Interstate restrictions dealing with suffixes to routes, I-75 was rerouted along I-75E, and the original I-75 was renamed I-275.

Plans are currently under way to redesign the interchanges with the north end of Florida's Turnpike(Exit 328) and SR 44(Exit 329), connecting them with collective-distributor roads, and eliminating left-hand access to Florida's Turnpike from the main southbound lane. This is a joint effort between the Florida's Turnpike Enterprise and Florida Department of Transportation.