Florida State Road 582

State Road 582
Tarpon Avenue Fowler Avenue
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length:	7.84 mi[1] (12.62 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 41 in Tampa
	I-275 in Tampa US 41 Bus. in Tampa I-75 near Thonotosassa
East end:	US 301 in Thonotosassa
Highway system
Florida State and County Roads Interstate • US • SR (Pre-1945) • Toll • County ← SR 581 SR 583 →

State Road 582 is an east–west highway in Hillsborough County, Florida, USA. The current alignment of SR 582 is Fowler Avenue just south of the northern city limit of Tampa and Temple Terrace from Florida Avenue (Business US 41/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).

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 Hillsborough County Road 582 continues eastward (on Knights-Griffin Road) toward Lakeland.

Tarpon Springs segment

State Road 582 begins at ALT US 19 in Tarpon Springs, Florida; July 28, 2003

A segment of the road also exists along Tarpon Avenue between Alternate US 19 (SR 595) and US 19 (SR 55) in Tarpon Springs. This segment was once connected by various county roads in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, among them Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs Road, and Lutz-Lake Fern Road. Keystone Road is currently being widened between US 19 and Pinellas County Road 611.

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)
• Between U.S. Route 19 Alternate and U.S. Route 19 (2 lanes with occasional dividers, and a four lane section near US 19)

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Pinellas	Tarpon Springs		US 19 Alt. / SR 595 (Pinellas Avenue)	Western terrminus
			US 19 / SR 55	Continues eastward as CR 582 into Hillsborough County

County	Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Hillsborough	Tampa	0.00	US 41 (Florida Ave.) – Lutz, Downtown	Western Terminus of SR-582; roadway continues west as Country Club Drive
		0.28	I-275 – St. Petersburg, Ocala, Tampa International Airport	Exit 51 on I-275
		0.51	US 41 Bus. (Nebraska Ave.) - St. Pete Times Forum
	Temple Terrace	4.01	SR 583 south (56th Street)	Northern terminus of SR-583
		6.46	I-75 – Ocala, Naples	Exit 265 on I-75
	Thonotosassa	7.84	US 301 / Rockhill Road – Zephyrhills, Brandon	Eastern Terminus of SR-582

Sources

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

References

1. ^ Dot.state.flo.us FDOT Federal-Aid Report
2. ^ Florida Department of Transportation. "FDOT Interchange Report" (PDF). Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071025050109/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/pdfs/interchange.pdf. Retrieved October 4, 2007.