The Brief<\/p>\n
Westbound Interstate 4 will close overnight through the Downtown Tampa Interchange on Monday for maintenance work.<\/p>\n
The full closure runs from 10 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday, affecting all westbound travel heading toward I-275.<\/p>\n
State officials posted an official detour directing drivers along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Tampa Street.<\/p>\n
TAMPA, Fla. – 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
Downtown Tampa Interchange I-4 overnight closure<\/p>\n
The backstory<\/p>\n
The closure is scheduled from 10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, weather permitting.<\/p>\n
This will affect westbound I-4 travel through the I-4\/I-275 interchange.<\/p>\n
Westbound I-4 detour<\/p>\n
What you can do<\/p>\n
Drivers traveling westbound on I-4 will be required to take the northbound I-275 entrance ramp and continue toward Exit 46B.<\/p>\n
Motorists should then:<\/p>\n
Turn left onto State Road 574, also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.<\/p>\n
Turn left onto Tampa Street.<\/p>\n
Continue south on Tampa Street.<\/p>\n
Re-enter the interstate using the southbound I-275 entrance ramp.<\/p>\n
FDOT said message boards and signage will be in place to help drivers navigate the detour.<\/p>\n
The temporary closure is part of the Downtown Tampa Interchange Safety and Operational Improvements project, according to FDOT.<\/p>\n
Drivers should use caution while traveling through the work zone and remain alert for pedestrians and construction workers.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
The information in this story was gathered from official travel advisories provided by the Florida Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Westbound Interstate 4 will close overnight through the Downtown Tampa Interchange on Monday for maintenance work.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[6184,1126,12389,42554,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-406859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-downtown-tampa","tag-florida-department-of-transportation","tag-interchange","tag-martin-luther-king","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406859","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=406859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}