The 63.387 mile (102.01 km) Interstate 275 in Florida serves the Tampa Bay metropolitan area. While the parent route, I-75, bypasses the metropolitan area to the east, I-275 runs through downtown Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida. This is backwards, according to AASHTO rules, where bypasses should get the prefixes, and through-routes should keep the main number.

Its northern terminus is I-75 near Lutz. It runs south through the northern suburbs into downtown Tampa, then west across the Howard Frankland Bridge through St. Petersburg, then south across the modern Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Both bridges cross Tampa Bay, and the Sunshine Skyway charges a toll. The southern terminus is I-75 near Palmetto.

Just north of the Sunshine Skyway in Gulfport, drivers briefly drive on the left side as the freeway's lanes invert for about 1/2 mile (about 1 km) at the US 19/Pinellas Bayway exit (Exit 17).

Junctions with major roads

• U.S. Highway 41
• Interstate 4
• Veterans Expressway
• U.S. Highway 92
• Interstate 375
• Interstate 175

History

Created in 1973 from the portion of I-75 from I-4 south to the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. I-4 followed this route prior to 1971. Its northern terminus was relocated in 1981 to its present day location.

The I-275 and I-375 interchange and Exit 20 were configured for a westward expansion to a planned Pinellas Beltway.

Exits

Since 2002, exits have been demarcated by mile markers, instead of sequentially.

• U.S. 41 (mile 2, former exit 1)
• U.S 19 South (mile 5, former exit 2) (Southbound)
• Pinellas Point Drive (mile 16, former exit 3)
• U.S.19 North/54th Avenue South/S.R. 682/Pinellas Bayway (mile 17, former exit 4)
• 26th Avenue South (mile 18, former exit 5) (Northbound)
• 22nd Avenue South (mile 19, former exit 6) (Southbound)
• 31st Street South (mile 20, former exit 7) (Northbound)
• 28th Street South (mile 21, former exit 8) (Southbound)
• I-175 (mile 22, former exit 9)
• I-375 (mile 23A, former exit 10)
• 5th Avenue North/S.R. 595 (mile 23B, former exit 11) (Southbound)
• 22nd Avenue North (mile 24, former exit 12)
• 38th Avenue North (mile 25, former exit 13)
• 54th Avenue North (East) (mile 26A, former exit 14A) (Northbound)
• 54th Avenue North (West) (mile 26B, former exit 14B) (Northbound)
• Gandy Boulevard/S.R. 694 (mile 28, former exit 15)
• Roosevelt Boulevard/S.R. 686 (mile 30, former exit 16)
• 9th Street North/MLK (mile 31A, former exit 17) (Southbound)
• Ulmerton Road/S.R. 688 (mile 31B, former exit 18) (Southbound)
• 4th Street North/S.R. 687 (mile 32, former exit 19) (Southbound)
• Kennedy Boulevard/S.R. 60 East (mile 39A, former exit 20A) (Northbound)
• Memorial Highway/S.R. 60 West (mile 39B, former exit 20B) (Northbound)
• Memorial Highway/S.R. 60 West (mile 39, former exit 20) (Southbound)
• West Shore Boulevard (mile 40A, former exit 21) (Southbound)
• Lois Avenue (mile 40B, former exit 22)
• Dale Mabry South/U.S. 92 West (mile 41A, former exit 23B)
• Dale Mabry North/U.S. 92 East (mile 41B, former exit 23A)
• Himes Avenue (mile 41C, former exit 23C) (Southbound)
• Armenia Avenue/Howard Avenue (mile 42, former exit 24)
• Ashley Street/Scott Street/Tampa Street (mile 44, former exit 25)
• Jefferson Street (mile 45A, former exit 26) (Southbound)
• I-4 (mile 45B, former exit 27)
• Floribraska Avenue (mile 46A, former exit 28) (Southbound)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard/S.R. 574 (mile 46B, former exit 29)
• Hillsborough Avenue/U.S. 92 East (mile 47A, former exit 30A) (Northbound)
• Hillsborough Avenue/U.S. 92 West (mile 47B, former exit 30B) (Northbound)
• Hillsborough Avenue/U.S. 92 (mile 47, former exit 30) (Southbound)
• Sligh Avenue (mile 48, former exit 31)
• Bird Street (mile 49, former exit 32) (Northbound)
• Busch Boulevard/S.R. 580 (mile 50, former exit 33)
• Fowler Avenue/S.R. 582 (mile 51, former exit 34)
• Fletcher Avenue/C.R. 579A (mile 52, former exit 35)
• Bearss Avenue (mile 53, former exit 36)

Sources

• FDOT GIS data