Lois to armenia avenues and now the lanes are back open including one new lane for drivers. D. O. T. Hopes the changes will keep drivers from jamming up in the area. And strong gusts of winds causing rough seas along the coastline. Check that out there. Thats what it looked like along the Courtney Campbell causeway this morning. Waves catching on the roadway. Waves crashing on the roadway. What happened is, we had a cold front come through overnight and now the winds are coming in and notice there are clouds around thats because the winds are picking up moisture from the gulf and bringing it onshore. Wouldnt be out of the question to see a sprinkle between now and lunchtime. Theres a gale warning offshore. And then a high surf advisory. We expect seas to build 10 to 14 feet. And higher than average tide. So near the coast, you will see the water get higher. And lake wind advisory for inland areas as well. Coming in sustained, meaning just a constant wind speed at 15 to 20 Miles Per Hou
The overpass near overpass road. It is now back open. And right now, a stretch of i275 northbound in tampa is closed. Theres construction along the northbound lanes that run from lois avenue to arraignia. And theyre expected to reopen in about an hour and a half. The good news, i75 is back open. Right now, trouble spot here. And you saw the backup. Overnight construction. Its going to last for the next hour and a half. And this is northbound 275 at lois avenue. Exit kennedy and you wont get stuck in the backup. And you have to come down on kennedy because its closed from lois over to armenia and you can come back up on howard or continue into downtown, depending on where youre headed. Lets take a quick look. And you can see before you get to lois, they start pushing you off here. And its off the Howard Franklin bridge. So hopefully the weather is better for us. Unfortunately not. You will want to hold on to the wheel with both hands. We have a high wind warning. Extremely gusty winds o
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And hats off to the Florida Department of transportation for getting it opened early. Because it wasnt supposed to open until an hour from now but already theyre reopened northbound at 275. Now at last check, we had the dale mabry highway offramp that was still blocked. So ryan hughs is live. There . Reporter well, leslee, good morning to you. As you mentioned, this was supposed to open up around 5 30. We got out here around 4 00 and the roadway is already open. It was under a detour. So the department of transportation could tweak the roadway. We have video that we shot from eagle 8 hd last night that showed the backup because of the detour. Apparently the department of transportation came in here and tweaked the roadway, they changed some things around. After that new alignment caused a lot of backups within the last four to six weeks. Is reopened and the realignment that happened overnight is supposed to help alleviate traffic. We will be here throughout the morning continuing to lo
So keep that in mind. But overall, a decent drive. And actually ryan hughes is out there on the road right now live. So lets go to him. Ryan, tell me what youre looking at at this point. Reporter well, some traffic here and there this morning. Take a live look in front of me. This was supposed to be closed until 5 30, until right now this morning. But it reopened sometime before 4 00. And we have video of the detour last night from eagle 8 hd when traffic was backed up. The good news, according to a press release we just got from the Florida Department of transportation, the lane that was closed have since reopened. So people coming into the tampa area from st. Pete, the Howard Franklin bridge will now have extra lanes to deal with. So as you may remember over the last few week, we told you how and tacked on, to 30, on 20, 30, even 45 minutes on to commutes and now according to fdot, if you take another live look, things will be running more smoothly out here in the coming days so a go