Florida State Road 582

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

State Road 582 (SR 582) is an east–west 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).

The road is named after Tampa civil rights activist Cody Fowler's mother Maud Fowler.[citation needed]

Route description

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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

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  • 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

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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)
2.0363.277 CR 581 (Bruce B. Downs Boulevard / North 30th Street) - 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; Southern terminus of CR 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, Riverview
Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

History

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SR 582 formerly extended west to Tarpon Springs and east to Lakeland. A stretch of former SR 582 (locally known as Tarpon Avenue) between US 19 and Alternate US 19 in Tarpon Springs is now Pinellas County Road 582. A stretch of former SR 582 between Thonotosassa and State Road 33 in Lakeland is now Hillsborough County Road 582 to the county line and Polk County Road 582 east of the county line.

Sources

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

References

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