Motorists leaving Tampa International Airport on Wednesday morning found a newly reopened exit ramp that splits traffic headed north and west of the terminal to reduce lane changes. ...more

December 24, 2009

Motorists leaving Tampa International Airport this morning were greeted by a new exit ramp that doubles access to Interstate 275. The addition means drivers have two ramps heading north and west from the airport. There had been only a one-lane right exit ramp before heading up the tall incline toward I-275. ...more

December 23, 2009

One of the lanes leading from the Pinellas Bayway to northbound Interstate 275 was opened this morning, two days after a wreck caused the ramp to be closed. ...more

December 16, 2009

The entrance ramp from the Pinellas Bayway to Interstate 275 is expected to remain closed until Thursday as workers repair a hole created by an out-of-control cement mixer, the Florida Department of Transportation said this morning. ...more

December 15, 2009

The ramp from 54th Avenue S. to Interstate 275 will be closed until at least late Thursday after a concrete truck accident gouged a huge hole in the roadway. ...more

December 14, 2009

A string of recent news stories centered on traffic, pedestrians and senior citizens got me to thinking about my long-departed grandmother. ...more

November 25, 2009

A string of recent news stories centered on traffic, pedestrians and senior citizens got me to thinking about my long-departed grandmother. ...more

November 25, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG -- Motorists traveling on I-275 through St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning and on I-175 on Thursday evening and early Friday morning will encounter lane closures, the Florida Department of Transportation said. ...more

October 27, 2009

A man driving a motorcycle is in critical condition, with the passenger in serious condition, after striking a concrete barrier today, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

October 3, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol troopers charged the driver of an SUV with driving under the influence-manslaughter after he registered more than three times the legal blood-alcohol limit following a fatal wreck this morning. Xavier Ramirez, 22, was the driver of the Kia sports utility vehicle that lost control on the Interstate 275 exit ramp to Ashley Drive early this morning. The vehicle flipped and ejected the passenger, Gerald Hodge, 22, of Tampa, who died at the scene, troopers said. ...more

August 7, 2009