Diverging diamond interchange opens this weekend

The Florida Department of Transportation cautioned drivers in East Tampa to prepared for major changes along East Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, as crews put the finishing touches on a new interchange with I-75 scheduled to open this weekend.
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[@vDrgn]

We have this at I75 and SR56 and it helps out a lot, glad to see they are doing it in different areas

[@ThorsonWiles]

DDIs are very effective with traffic management and highway access. Having used the I-75/University interchange, though infrequently, it was a great improvement from the traditional diamond that was there.

[@notafanboy250]

In every place I've seen these DDIs used, they work absolute wonders. I really wish more places had them.

[@drewski1535]

Hope it works out

[@snipz127]

I lived in Missouri and they have them everywhere. It works great.

[@JamesShindehite]

Orlando is a nightmare!

[@richWitz]

Needs to be done on Gibsonton

[@johnsilver7150]

MLK ?? better DUCK

[@KellyScaglione-c3e]

It's not MLK until the Tampa stadium that's Buffalo

[@eprofessio]

Diverging diamonds only work when people don’t block the intersection. Here in 7 years when Floridians start adopt a more negative mindset these intersections will become blocked and it will snarl traffic that would have flowed otherwise.

[@Distress.]

Thats where one cop car can do magic

[@KellyScaglione-c3e]

Hopefully by the time our grandkids drive there will be mass transportation private helicopters the speed limit will be 125 mph anyway might as well have a helicopter

[@wza223-fo3mc]

Going to be a disaster like the rest of the roads in this town

[@KellyScaglione-c3e]

What a freaking mess 😮

[@KellyScaglione-c3e]

I guess they are making us California

[@traffic.engineer]

These were in the South and Midwest long before California had their first DDI.