First, the good news:

Traffic has been switched (at 3 a.m. this morning) to new lanes on eastbound I-4 from 40th Street to east of 50th Street.

Motorists should be alert to these changed conditions, including a new left-exit ramp to Columbus Drive/50th Street (Exit 3).

John McShaffrey,
Interstate Construction Office,
Florida Dept. of Transportation
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TBI is Tampa Bay Interstates

And the bad ...

Nighttime Road Closures on the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway:

Motorists can expect nighttime road closures on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway westbound from 39th Street, exit 10 to Morgan Street, exit 6 tonight through Saturday. Nightly closures will begin at 8 p.m. and reopen the following morning at 5 a.m. with the exception of Saturday (March 11) when the closures will be lifted at 3 p.m. Currently no work is planned for Saturday Night.

The closures are necessary for overhead bridge work on the new reversible bridge in the downtown area.

Detour: Westbound motorists will be detoured off at 39th Street, exit 10, and travel north to Highway 60, west to Channelside Drive, west on Brorein Street, and re-enter the westbound Expressway at Morgan Street, entrance 6.

See the expressway authority Web site for traffic advisories at http://www.tampa-xway.com. Please be advised that unforeseen circumstances such as weather may affect the construction schedule.

—Lori Buck/Maricelle Venegas
Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority