FDOT completes Westshore project
November 10, 2020 - All work has been completed on the Interstate 275 operational improvements in Tampa's Westshore area and the project has been final accepted by the Florida Department of Transportation. Construction on the $31 million design-build project began in June 2019 and was completed within contract time and budget, according to FDOT. The project has provided congestion relief to both directions of I-275 by adding lanes to eliminate traffic merges in the State Road 60 area. Additional pavement was also built to improve traffic flow on the northbound I-275 exit ramp to SR 60/Kennedy Boulevard, the eastbound SR 60 entrance onto northbound I-275, and the northbound I-275 area between the Westshore Boulevard and Lois Avenue interchanges.