Florida State Road 589
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| Veterans Expressway Veterans Turnpike Suncoast Parkway |
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| Maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise | ||||
| Length: | 54.730 mi (88.079 km) | |||
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| South end: |
 SR 60 in Tampa
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 SR 54 in Odessa SR 50 in Spring Hill
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 US 98 near Sugarmill Woods
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| Counties: | Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando | |||
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The Veterans Expressway or the Veterans Turnpike and Suncoast Parkway (State Road 589) is a north–south toll road near the Florida Gulf Coast. Maintained and operated by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, this 57-mile (92 km) transportation corridor extends from State Road 60 in Tampa, north to U.S. Route 98 near Chassahowitzka. The Veterans Expressway was built to accommodate the increasing commuter traffic in the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area, with the Suncoast Parkway opening in 2001, extending from near the northern terminus of the Veterans Expressway to U.S. Route 98, with a possible northern extension to U.S. Route 19/U.S. Route 98 in Crystal River in Citrus County in the planning and development stages.
The Veterans Expressway extends 15 miles (24 km) from State Road 60 (the Courtney Campbell Causeway) west of Tampa International Airport to Van Dyke Road in northern Hillsborough County. The southern two miles (3 km), between Courtney Campbell Causeway and Hillsborough Avenue (on the west side of Tampa International Airport), upgraded Eisenhower Boulevard to expressway standards with frontage roads and is not tolled. North of Hillsborough Avenue, the remaining 13 miles (21 km) are tolled.
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