Work has started on three new toll lanes along I-275 in St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park. This $340 million project will link up with express lanes on the Howard Frankland Bridge.
“This area is growing exponentially…these express lanes provide that additional capacity for those that are driving in the corridor,” said Chelsea Favero, Metropolitan Planning Organization Division Manager with Forward Pinellas, to WUSF.
The project comes after the $600 million Gateway Expressway opened in April 2024, which helped solve east-west traffic problems across Pinellas County…