{"id":406459,"date":"2026-09-21T19:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406459\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:16:11","slug":"westbound-i-4-to-close-overnight-at-downtown-tampa-interchange-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406459\/","title":{"rendered":"Westbound I-4 to close overnight at Downtown Tampa Interchange: Here&#8217;s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vlcsnap-2026-09-21-13h37m39s214.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; All westbound lanes of Interstate 4 will be closed overnight through the Downtown Tampa Interchange Monday as crews perform maintenance work, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>   Downtown Tampa Interchange I-4 overnight closure <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The closure is scheduled from 10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This will affect westbound I-4 travel through the I-4\/I-275 interchange.<\/p>\n<p> Westbound I-4 detour <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Drivers traveling westbound on I-4 will be required to take the northbound I-275 entrance ramp and continue toward Exit 46B.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Motorists should then:<\/p>\n<p> Turn left onto State Road 574, also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.Turn left onto Tampa Street.Continue south on Tampa Street.Re-enter the interstate using the southbound I-275 entrance ramp. <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">FDOT said message boards and signage will be in place to help drivers navigate the detour.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The temporary closure is part of the Downtown Tampa Interchange Safety and Operational Improvements project, according to FDOT.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Drivers should use caution while traveling through the work zone and remain alert for pedestrians and construction workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from official travel advisories provided by the Florida Department of Transportation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/traffic\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; All westbound lanes of Interstate 4 will be closed overnight through the Downtown Tampa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,629,115,135,137,136,729,628],"class_list":["post-406459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-traffic","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406459","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=406459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}