I-4/Selmon Expressway Connector

I-4/Selmon Expressway Connector
Crosstown Connector
Map
I-4/Selmon Expressway Connector highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length2.0 mi[1] (3.2 km)
longest movement (I-4 east to Port of Tampa)
ExistedJanuary 6, 2014–present
Major junctions
South end SR 618 in Tampa
North end I-4 in Tampa
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesHillsborough
Highway system

The I-4/Selmon Expressway Connector (also known as the Crosstown Connector) is a controlled-access toll road between I-4, the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway (SR 618), and the Port of Tampa east of Ybor City in the city of Tampa, Florida. It primarily comprises four parallel one-way roadways west of 31st Street, continuously elevated over local streets, railroads, and vacant land, with a SunPass/toll-by-plate electronic toll gantry spanning the structure near the southern end. All movements were opened to traffic on January 6, 2014, and the direct connections to the Port of Tampa are signed as Truck Routes.

The connector project is maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT),[2] and was constructed by FDOT in coordination with Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) and the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA). Construction began in March 2010 and was completed in January 2014.[3] It was one of the largest single recipients of the 2009 Federal Stimulus funding grants.[4] It currently has no signed or unsigned state road number.

  1. ^ Google Maps directions
  2. ^ Bay News 9, Better signage needed on Selmon connector ramps? Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, February 10, 2014
  3. ^ "I-4 / Selmon Expressway Connector (new road)". Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Connector from Lee Roy Selmon Expressway to I-4 on stimulus list". Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.