The Florida Department of Transportation reminds motorists that to place the I-75 / SR 56 interchange into the new Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) traffic pattern, SR 56 will be closed to all traffic at I-75 from 11:00 p.m. Saturday, April 30 up to late afternoon on Sunday, May 1, weather permitting. No traffic will be allowed to travel through the work zone across I-75. SR 56 traffic will be detoured using SR 56, Bruce B. Downs Blvd. (SR 581), and SR 54/CR 54 (Wesley Chapel Boulevard).
When the traffic pattern switches to the DDI on May 1st, it will not be at full-capacity until closer to project completion (summer 2022) as the contractor will have additional work to do to open an additional through-lane on both eastbound and westbound SR 56 and an additional turn lane from the northbound exit ramp onto westbound SR 56.
During the above closure period, two ramps will be available to use at the I-75/SR 56 interchange: the eastbound SR 56 entrance ramp onto southbound I-75 and the northbound I-275/I-75 exit ramps onto eastbound SR 56. All other traffic wishing to use the I-75 / SR 56 interchange will be directed via detour signage to use the I-75 interchange (Exit 279) at SR 54/CR 54 (as this interchange is expected to be very congested, you may also wish to consider using the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard interchange/ Exit 270, depending on your destination).
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