Florida State Road 589
highway in Florida
State Road 589 (SR 589), also known as the Veterans Expressway and Suncoast Parkway, is a controlled-access toll road near the Florida Gulf Coast. Maintained and operated by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, this 67.5-mile (108.6 km) transportation corridor extends from I-275 in Tampa, north to Citrus County Road 486 near Lecanto. The Veterans Expressway was built to accommodate the increasing commuter traffic in the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area, with the Suncoast Parkway's first phase opening in 2001.
Route description
Veterans Expressway
The Veterans Expressway extends 17 miles (27 km) from I-275 south of Tampa International Airport to Van Dyke Road in northern Hillsborough County. The southern two miles (3 km), between Courtney Campbell Causeway and Hillsborough Avenue (on the west side of Tampa International Airport), upgraded Eisenhower Boulevard to expressway standards with frontage roads, is tolled when entering southbound from Hillsborough Avenue, and when exiting northbound onto Hillsborough Avenue, else not tolled. North of Hillsborough Avenue, the remaining 13 miles (21 km) are tolled.
Between Courtney Campbell Causeway and Van Dyke Road, intermediate interchanges are provided at Independence Parkway, Memorial Highway, Hillsborough Avenue, Waters Avenue, Anderson Road, Linebaugh Avenue/Wilsky Boulevard, Gunn Highway, Ehrlich Road, Hutchison Road and Dale Mabry (known as the spur). There are two mainline SunPass gantries (Anderson and Sugarwood) and six ramp plazas. The Veterans Expressway converted to all-electronic, cashless tolling in 2014.
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