Historic US highway endpoints in Tampa, FL
...and right after that map was made, the US 301 designation was extended to Tampa. Some maps suggest that US 301 ended on Harney Avenue at its junction with US 41-92 (Hillsborough), but more-detailed maps show that the US 301 designation actually continued west on Hillsborough, sharing a common terminus with US 92. As an example, the following map was included in FDoT's 1951 application requesting AASHO's permission to delete the blue portion of US 301 and instead extend it southward along the red segment:
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For a time, straight ahead was the west beginning of US 92 and the south beginning of US 301, but both routes were extended beyond Tampa in the early 1950s.
Research and/or photo credits: Justin Cozart; Josh Lintz; J.P. Nasiatka; Alex Nitzman; Dale Sanderson
Page originally created 2000;
last updated Feb. 13, 2021.
last updated Feb. 13, 2021.