page_title: Interstate 275 (Florida)
section_title: Initial construction in Tampa
hierarchical_section_title: Interstate 275 (Florida) / History / Initial construction in Tampa
caption_attribution_description: English: Model of the planned Downtown Distributor along the north side of downtown Tampa, Florida. The intersection on the right is Malfunction Junction and the Hillsborough River can be seen in the upper left. At the time, this segment of highway was part of Interstate 4 (with Interstate 75 beginning at the right junction and going to the upper right). Today this segment of highway is part of Interstate 275, with I-4 beginning at the right junction and running to the lower right.
context_page_description: Interstate 275, located in Florida, is a 60-mile-long auxiliary Interstate Highway serving the Tampa Bay Area. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 75 near Palmetto, where I-275 heads west towards the Sunshine Skyway Bridge crossing over Tampa Bay. From that point, I-275 passes through St. Petersburg before crossing Tampa Bay again on the Howard Frankland Bridge, then continues through the city of Tampa, where it connects to an interchange with Interstate 4 in Downtown Tampa. After the interchange, I-275 passes north through the Tampa suburbs to its northern terminus at Interstate 75 in Wesley Chapel.
context_section_description: I-275 originally opened in 1962 as a segment of I-75, from the present northern terminus to a diamond interchange at Bearss Avenue. The portion of Interstate 4 that would later become a part of I-275, the Howard Frankland Bridge, and its short freeway stubs at the bridge's endpoints, opened to traffic about a year earlier. In 1964, the stub of what was then known as I-4 between 50th St. (through "Malfunction Junction") and Armenia Avenue was completed.  "Malfunction Junction's" northern end was a pair of ramp stubs that would later be filled in by I-75. In 1965, the segment of I-75 from "Malfunction Junction" to about Sligh Avenue was completed, and by 1967, the remaining gaps in I-4 and I-75 were filled and opened to traffic.
caption: Model of the Downtown Distributor (ca.1960), from Malfunction Junction (right) to Hillsborough River (upper left).
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