Florida State Road 582

State Road 582 (SR 582) is an eastwest state highway in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The current alignment of SR 582 is Fowler Avenue just south of the northern city limit of Tampa and Temple Terrace from Florida Avenue (U.S. Route 41 Business (US 41 Bus.)/SR 685) to US 301 (SR 41). It is the primary road to access of University of South Florida (50th Street, the former State Road 582B and now County Road 582B, forms the eastern boundary of the campus; Fletcher Avenue, the former State Road 582A that was once a segment of SR 579, forms the northern boundary).

State Road 582
Fowler Avenue
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length7.829 mi[1] (12.600 km)
Major junctions
West end
US 41 Bus. in Tampa
 
East end US 301 near Thonotosassa
Highway system
SR 581 SR 583

The road is named for Tampa civil rights activist Cody Fowler's mother Maude Fowler.

Route description

Motorists overshooting the western terminus of SR 582 travel westward along Country Club Drive 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to a T-intersection with Armenia Avenue on the western Tampa city limit, near Carrollwood; travelers overshooting the eastern terminus of SR 582 follow US 301/SR 41 near Clarkwild and toward Thonotosassa, where County Road 582 continues eastward (on Knights-Griffin Road) toward Lakeland.

Lane configurations

  • Between eastern terminus and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard (3 lanes each way)
  • Between Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and U.S. Route 41/Nebraska Avenue (4 lanes each way)
  • Between U.S. Route 41 and Interstate 275 (3 lanes plus turn lanes each way)
  • Between Interstate 275 and western terminus (2 lanes each way)

Major intersections

The entire route is in Hillsborough County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Tampa0.0000.000
US 41 Bus. (North Florida Avenue / SR 685)
Western terminus; roadway continues west as Country Club Drive
0.2820.454 I-275 (SR 93) Ocala, St. PetersburgExit 51 on I-275
0.5050.813 US 41 (Nebraska Avenue / SR 45)
2.0363.277Bruce B. Downs Boulevard / North 30th Street (CR 581) - Veterans Hospital
2.6424.252 CR 585A south (McKinley Drive) Busch Gardens, Adventure Island
3.5295.679North 50th Street (CR 582B north)
Temple Terrace4.0196.468 SR 583 south (North 56th Street / CR 583 north)Northern terminus of SR 583
6.4710.41 I-75 (SR 93A) Ocala, NaplesExit 265 on I-75
7.82912.600 US 301 (SR 41) to I-4 Zephyrhills, RiverviewEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Sources

  • MapSource Street Atlas of Pinellas County
  • MapSource Street Atlas of Hillsborough County
  • Various other road maps

References

  1. FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 2014
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