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Commuters Riding High
In its debut Tuesday morning, the expressway's $420-million elevated highway lived up to the hype.

Full Story | Opening Day News Blog
Reversible Expressway Map
Map: The New Commute



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A Detour On The High Road
TAMPA - The collapse of a pier supporting a high-tech expressway project sunk public confidence; now backers must regain it. The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority is spending $230 million building its three reversible lanes.
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McCue Involved In Prior Uses Of Selmon Method
Nets To Guard Against Wrong-Way Drivers
Toll's Affluence Put Board On Course
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Expressway Project Behind Schedule
BRANDON - While work zips along on the new elevated portion of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, a towering span that looms over the median, the earthbound road building east of 78th Street is lagging behind.
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Bridge Defect Riles Critics
CLEARWATER — From Clearwater Beach to Miami, newly disclosed problems with the new $70 million Memorial Causeway bridge had people buzzing Wednesday.
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Causeway Bridge Has More Problems
CLEARWATER - A litany of additional problems with the new Memorial Causeway Bridge was detailed in state records made available Monday.
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Audit Released
TAMPA - The state Auditor General's operational audit of the Tampa Hillsborough County Expressway Authority is now available.

Read The Operational Audit | Comment

09/12/2006: Expressway Board Agrees To Audit
09/08/2006: Letter to J. Thomas Gibbs
09/08/2006: Memo on Tampa HC Expwy. Auth.
09/08/2006: Letter to Tom Lee
09/08/2006: Letter to Allan Bense

Elevated Expressway Opens
Panorama: Expressway
Video: Elevated Expressway Opens

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Tollways Expected To Become More Plentiful
Poll: Will you use this road?
A Costly Year
Graphic: Road Reinforcement
Collapsed Segments Reused
From The Beginning

Comment On The Project
Let us know what you think about this whole project.
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On Tuesday morning, a support column for the elevated expansion of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway sank, resulting in the collapse of two sections of the expansion.
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Sinkhole Technology Not Utilized

Your comments:
Given the collapse of a section of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, and the resulting traffic nighmare, many ideas for alternate routes were submitted. Readers also sent their experiences of the commute.
 Tale of a commute
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News Channel 8 reports:
 Aug. 24, 2004: Flaws Reported
 April 15, 2004: New Detour Lanes
 April 14, 2004: Crosstown Troubles
 April 14, 2004: Slow Traffic In Store
 April 13, 2004: Traffic Nightmare
 April 13, 2004: Section Of Expressway Collapses
 April 13, 2004: Video from Eagle 8

Graphics and Maps:
 Road Reinforcement
 Load Testing
 Reconstruction plan
 Other road constructions
 Alternate routes
 A look at the collapse
 Locator Map
 How sinkholes form
 Nearby sinkholes
 Sinkhole Frequency
 Transactions and revenue growth
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 Live Traffic Updates
 The Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board
 PCL Civil Constructors, Inc.
 Expressway Authority
 Florida Department of Transportation
 Sinkhole Woes


 

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