TIA traffic back up to speed

[BRIAN CASSELLA | Times]

Evening rush hour traffic passes north along Memorial Highway through the series of new overpasses near Tampa International Airport just after sunset today as a plane descends overhead.

Traffic slowed as commuters figured out routes through several new ramps that opened Monday. This view is from the ramp leading from southbound Memorial Highway into the airport. Traffic exiting the airport headed south is seen as a line of white headlights approaching the overpass.

Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade said his agency received no reports of any wrecks in the causeway area this evening during the rushhour, "so hopefully everyone was paying attention to the speed limits and the changes in the area."

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