State Road 582 (SR 582) is an east–west

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, United States. The current alignment of SR 582 is Fowler Avenue just south of the northern city limit of

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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

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(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). A second stretch of SR 582 (locally known as Tarpon Avenue) formerly existed between

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and Alternate US 19 in Tarpon Springs. The road is named for Tampa civil rights activist

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's mother Maude Fowler.

Route description

Motorists overshooting the western terminus of SR 582 travel westward along Country Club Drive 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

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

Lane configurations

*Between eastern terminus and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard (3 lanes each way) *Between Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and

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/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)

Major intersections

Sources

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

References

External links

{{Commons category, Florida State Road 582

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