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State highway in Florida, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
Fowler Avenue | ||||
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Maintained by FDOT | ||||
Length | 7.829 mi[1] (12.600 km) | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Florida | |||
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The road is named after Tampa civil rights activist Cody Fowler's mother Maud Fowler.[citation needed]
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.
The entire route is in Hillsborough County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Tampa | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus; roadway continues west as Country Club Drive | |
0.282 | 0.454 | ![]() | Exit 51 on I-275 | ||
0.505 | 0.813 | ![]() | |||
2.036 | 3.277 | ![]() ![]() | |||
2.642 | 4.252 | ![]() ![]() | |||
3.529 | 5.679 | North 50th Street (CR 582B north) | |||
Temple Terrace | 4.019 | 6.468 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 583; Southern terminus of CR 583 | |
6.47 | 10.41 | ![]() | Exit 265 on I-75 | ||
| 7.829 | 12.600 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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.
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