{"id":223149,"date":"2026-04-08T09:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223149\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:16:37","slug":"these-i-275-ramps-in-st-petersburg-will-temporarily-close-starting-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223149\/","title":{"rendered":"These I-275 ramps in St. Petersburg will temporarily close starting Thursday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two I-275 interchange ramps in St. Petersburg will temporarily close for an extended period starting Thursday night.  <\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Department of Transportation, the ramps are: <\/p>\n<p>Southbound I-275 Exit 26 ramp to 54th Avenue N. Westbound 54th Avenue N entrance ramp onto southbound I-275. <\/p>\n<p>The ramps are closed for reconstruction and will remain closed through at least the summer or fall of 2026. <\/p>\n<p>This is part of the I-275 widening project from 38th Avenue N to 4th Street N. There will be signage to guide drivers through the detours, but drivers are advised to plan for extra time to travel. <\/p>\n<p>How to get around <\/p>\n<p>Detour for southbound exit ramp to 54th Avenue N: <\/p>\n<p>You can continue south on I-275 past Exit 26 and exit at 38th Avenue N (Exit 25).<\/p>\n<p> At the bottom of the ramp, turn right and go west on 38th Avenue N, turn right onto US 19 (34th Street N) and go north to 54th Avenue N.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Detour Map for the closure of the southbound I-275 Exit 26 ramp to 54th Avenue N.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775639795_874_.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>Florida Department of Transportation  <\/p>\n<p> Detour Map for the closure of the southbound I-275 Exit 26 ramp to 54th Avenue N.<\/p>\n<p>Detour for westbound 54th Avenue N onto southbound I-275: <\/p>\n<p>Continue west on 54th Avenue N past the entrance ramp. <\/p>\n<p>Then, turn left at US 19 (34th Street N) and go south. Turn left onto 38th Avenue N and go east to the entrance ramp onto southbound I-275. <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Detour Map for the closure of the westbound 54th Avenue N entrance ramp to southbound I-275.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775639797_490_.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>Florida Department of Transportation <\/p>\n<p> Detour Map for the closure of the westbound 54th Avenue N entrance ramp to southbound I-275.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two I-275 interchange ramps in St. Petersburg will temporarily close for an extended period starting Thursday night. According&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-223149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223149","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=223149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}