S.R. 56 to Close at I-75 in Pasco County This Weekend
Traffic patterns in Pasco County will change this weekend.
S.R. 56 will be closed to all traffic starting at 11:00 PM on Saturday, April 30. Road closures will last until late afternoon on Sunday, May 1.
🚧 SR 56 to be CLOSED at I-75 ❗️
— FDOT District 7 (@MyFDOT_Tampa) April 25, 2022
To switch to the Diverging Diamond Interchange traffic pattern, SR 56 will be closed to all traffic at I-75 in #PascoCounty from 11 p.m. Saturday, April 30 up to late afternoon on Sunday, May 1. Details on project page: https://t.co/aAjOaTvS9h pic.twitter.com/H8ACOZCXWY
According to FDOT, traffic will be detoured at S.R. 56, Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, and S.R. 54. You can read more about the closures here.
Closest National Parks to Tampa
#7. New River Gorge National Park (West Virginia)
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– Distance: 691 miles
– Driving time: 12.4 hours
– Date founded: December 27, 2020
– 2020 visitors: 1,054,374 (#19 highest among all national parks)
– Park area: 7,021 acres#6. Mammoth Cave National Park (Kentucky)
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– Distance: 658 miles
– Driving time: 12.0 hours
– Date founded: July 1, 1941
– 2020 visitors: 290,392 (#41 highest among all national parks)
– Park area: 54,011.91 acres#5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina, Tennessee)
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– Distance: 524 miles
– Driving time: 10.2 hours
– Date founded: June 15, 1934
– 2020 visitors: 12,095,720 (#1 highest among all national parks)
– Park area: 522,426.88 acres#4. Congaree National Park (South Carolina)
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– Distance: 403 miles
– Driving time: 7.4 hours
– Date founded: November 10, 2003
– 2020 visitors: 119,306 (#51 highest among all national parks)
– Park area: 26,476.47 acres#3. Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida)
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– Distance: 241 miles
– Driving time: 7.5 hours
– Date founded: October 26, 1992
– 2020 visitors: 48,543 (#55 highest among all national parks)
– Park area: 64,701.22 acres#2. Biscayne National Park (Florida)
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– Distance: 227 miles
– Driving time: 4.8 hours
– Date founded: June 28, 1980
– 2020 visitors: 402,770 (#36 highest among all national parks)
– Park area: 172,971.11 acres#1. Everglades National Park (Florida)
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– Distance: 217 miles
– Driving time: 5.6 hours
– Date founded: May 30, 1934
– 2020 visitors: 702,319 (#25 highest among all national parks)
– Park area: 1,508,938.57 acres
