Ybor City - Transportation

Transportation

For the most part, Ybor City still uses the gridded street system laid out by Gavino Guiterrez in 1885. Many roadways are now paved with modern materials, though a few brick streets remain.

Because 21st and 22nd Streets, which cut north-south through the area, are the main traffic routes between Interstate 4 and the Port of Tampa, there is a large volume of truck traffic funneling through the historic district, causing damage to narrow city roads and sometimes colliding with historic buildings. Work on an elevated connector between I-4 and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway to siphon truck traffic away from the area began in January 2010. The project is scheduled to be complete in 2014.