{"id":369442,"date":"2026-08-12T14:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369442\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:54:37","slug":"traffic-pattern-changes-causing-headaches-for-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369442\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic pattern changes causing headaches for drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2013 Traffic on the Howard Frankland Bridge into Tampa has been jammed this week as drivers get used to a new traffic pattern at Exit 39.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FDOT changed the exit to SR-60 West\/Veterans Expwy\/Tampa Airport on Monday night. Drivers now exit to SR-60 West a half mile after the old exit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exit to 60 East\/Kennedy Blvd\/Westshore Blvd has not changed. However, that exit has seen extra delays this week as drivers get used to the new pattern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starting to see delays again at the I-275 NB exit to SR-60 in Tampa as drivers get used to the new traffic pattern there.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re heading to 60 West\/Veterans Expwy\/Airport, you&#8217;ll now take your second right. You don&#8217;t have to sit in this traffic for 60 East. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BN9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BN9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZ9Sgvlrqk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aZ9Sgvlrqk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Wronka (@TimWronka) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimWronka\/status\/2087512829989474642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FDOT now has signs telling drivers heading to SR-60 West to take their second right turn.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there are overnight closures there for drivers to know about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The northbound I-275 Exit 39 ramp S.R. 60 East will close from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. on the following nights:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Monday, August 10, through Wednesday, August 12\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sunday, August 16, and Monday, August 17\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the nighttime closures, motorists traveling to Kennedy Boulevard should continue north on I-275, exit at Lois Avenue, travel south on Lois Avenue, and turn west onto Kennedy Boulevard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy Boulevard\/S.R. 60 East ramp closures will occur overnight only. Outside the listed closure hours, motorists will continue to use Exit 39 to access Kennedy Boulevard\/S.R. 60 East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Motorists should allow additional travel time, remain alert for changing traffic conditions, and follow posted signs when traveling through the interchange. Drivers are reminded to use caution, slow down, and avoid distractions in the construction area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The temporary configuration is set to remain in place until fall of 2028. It\u2019s for the ongoing Westshore Interchange project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2013 Traffic on the Howard Frankland Bridge into Tampa has been jammed this week as drivers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[274,2178,276,2179,115,596,135,137,136,7227,278,729,835],"class_list":["post-369442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-top-stories","tag-app-traffic-inbox","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-inbox","tag-news","tag-pinellas-county","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tim-wronka","tag-top-stories","tag-traffic","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369442","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=369442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}