Final Selmon Expressway extension over Gandy Blvd. opens Monday
Catherine Hawley reports
TAMPA, Fla. - The construction of an elevated bridge over Gandy Boulevard has been going on for nearly three years. The West Extension of the Selmon Expressway is now complete and will open to drivers Monday, April 19.
It is the final piece of the Selmon Expressway, a 1.9-mile roadway high above Gandy Boulevard. The West Extension will separate commuters from locals and should alleviate the congestion and rush-hour backups.
"You’re mixed in with a lot of travelers who have no destination here; it’s just the only route through this corridor to a destination somewhere else," explained Joe Waggoner, Executive Director for the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority. "So what the expressway extension does here is it gives them a choice."