{"id":118106,"date":"2026-01-14T18:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118106\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:35:13","slug":"weekend-traffic-advisory-january-17-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118106\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Traffic Advisory: January 17 – 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drivers should be aware of potential traffic back-ups this Saturday and Sunday, January 17\u201318, due to multiple downtown events that combined, are expected to draw tens of thousands of people.<\/p>\n

Lane closures on Ashley Drive and in Gasparilla Plaza will be in effect, limiting normal traffic flow throughout the weekend. Access to the Poe Garage will remain accessible.<\/p>\n

Weekend events include, but aren’t limited to:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saturday, January 17<\/p>\n

FMEA Professional Learning Conference & All-State Concerts @ Tampa Convention Center | 8 AMMarch for Life Youth Rally @ Perry Harvey Park | 9 AMViva Tampa Bay Hispanic Heritage Festival @ Curtis Hixon Park | 2 PMStraz Center Performances | 2 PM & 7:30 PMTampa Theatre Show | 7:30 PM<\/p>\n

Sunday, January 18<\/p>\n

Water Street Market | 10 AMViva Tampa Bay Hispanic Heritage Festival @ Curtis Hixon Park | 11 AMStraz Center Performances | 1 PM, 2 PM, 6 PM & 6:30 PM
Lane\/Road Closures:
Ashley Drive \u2013 Lane Closures
Saturday, Jan. 17: 7 AM \u2013 Noon & 11 PM \u2013 1 AM
Sunday, Jan. 18: 7 \u2013 10 AM & 8 PM \u2013 1 AM<\/p>\n

Gasparilla Plaza \u2013 Road Closed
Saturday, Jan. 17: 1 PM \u2013 Midnight
Sunday, Jan. 18: 10 AM \u2013 10 PM<\/p>\n

*Access to Poe Garage will remain*<\/p>\n

Event attendees are encouraged to use alternative transportation options whenever possible, including the free TECO Line Streetcar, DASH service, HART buses, rentable scooters and bikes, rideshare options, etc.<\/p>\n

To see the latest road closures that may impact your commute, visit: Tampa.gov\/road-closures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To view the City of Tampa’s parking options, visit: Tampa.gov\/parking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers should be aware of potential traffic back-ups this Saturday and Sunday, January 17\u201318, due to multiple downtown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-118106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}