Than 100 feet . Reporter yeah. I really dont start to see that until you really get past where this closure is. I275 southbound at exit 17 which is the Pinellas Bayway and 54th avenue south split. They are redirecting traffic off exit 17. You have to make a u turn to go back northbound on 275. Like you said 275 closed, Sunshine Skyway also closed. Its messy even from the Howard Frankland down to this area where youre dealing with patchy areas of heavy fog, down to a halfmile visibility. Also very light rain mixed in as well. So not only are you dealing with the fog, youre dealing with rain. Then you really start to see the heavier fog start around 22nd avenue south, where were also dealing with lane closures due to construction. As you head to that area make sure you slow down, theres a lot of workers on the side of the road, visibility down, fhp on the side of the road there. Another exit south at the 54th avenue bayway exit at exit 17 you can see people stopping trying to figure out
Weve gotten used to the warm and muggy conditions. Stand by for the extended forecast in a bit. The marine dense fog advisory is until 11 00. Temperatures get back in the low 80s beginning 2 00. Factor in the humidity as well because its going to feel sultry. What we have essentially, a frontal boundary that is well up to our north, it will eventually get here and stall and that is never good because that means rain chances begin friday and continue into the early part of the weekend. Timing, who gets the heaviest of the weather and what happens coming up in a few. One last time to the traffic center, lets check the roads with janelle. The fog has cleared up so no problems with the fog to tell you about. Its clear at i275 and fowler. The interstates wide open in hillsborough and pinellas county. But we have one problem, its going to be south of here in venice, south of sarasota, you can see the crash here northbound i75 just before you get to river road. The backup extends all the way
You can see this whole area, 54th and central still blocked off, still under investigation. More when it becomes available. Ashley yore, abc action news. This is days after another tragedy in the bay area. Were still waiting for information about funeral arraignments for Hillsborough Deputy john kotfila who died Early Saturday Morning after a wrong way driver hit his patrol car. Coming up at 6 30 we hear from his sister. Right now we want to check with janelle, who has a traffic bridges. Thats right. The westbound lanes of the court Courtney Campbell causeway are closed now due to a wrong way crash. Cars are still getting on to head westbound, not sure if they are going to be stuck on the bridge or if police are letting them scoot around it. Were told the westbound lanes are shut down while they investigate and work to clear the crash. Lets look at the maps, you can see the red, that means that the solid red means that the lanes are closed, either take the Howard Frankland from hillsbo
Fog. All the temperatures feel warmer because of the humidity. The fog lifts at 10 00, back in the upper 70s by lunchtime. It will feel like 80s because of the humidity and low 80s for the actual high by the time we get to 4 00. Our weather computer is feeding the traffic computer. Fog . First were going to head to Corey Dierdorff who is driving on the veterans expressway. Checking out some construction. Its happening overnight northbound and southbound closed between van dyke and ehrlich. Supposed to open up again around 6 00. Hes driving northbound around waters. So it looks like they are starting to still have the cones out there. So just a heads up, they have detour signs posted but again that construction supposed to lift around 6 00 a. M. And expected to be there all this week. Take a look behind me, this is what it looks like on Sunshine Skyway at the north fishing pier. Can i also show you on the map where were seeing the fog now. This is the area in yellow from sarasota all th
Primary election and all the candidates expressed our states importance. Reporter ashley yore live with what you need to know before you head out to vote today. Good morning. Reporter good morning. State. And your vote counts. I just checked in and about more than 10,000 of you have Hillsborough County. We want to make sure you have everything that you need when you go out and vote today. Like your id, make sure youre bringing a photo id with you, drivers license is easy but nine different types of id are accepted. You also want to know your polling place ahead of time. Your ballot is going to be waiting for you when you get there, if you still need to know where to go you can head to votehillsborough. Org, click on the precinct finder or call the supervisor of elections. Ballot and its not already well on its way it needs to be at the supervisor of Elections Office by 7 00 tonight. You can drop them off at any of the four offices today that youre looking at on your screen. You have to