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Attention Manatee drivers: This I-75 ramp will be closed for the next 10 months

Starting Sunday, July 29, construction has shut down the northbound ramp to Interstate 75 off I-275 south in Manatee. The Florida Department of Transportation expects the ramp to remain closed for about 10 months.
Starting Sunday, July 29, construction has shut down the northbound ramp to Interstate 75 off I-275 south in Manatee. The Florida Department of Transportation expects the ramp to remain closed for about 10 months. The Florida Department of Transportation

Attention drivers: The ramp to northbound Interstate 75 off I-275 in Manatee County closed Sunday for construction.

It will remain closed for at least the next 10 months, the Florida Department of Transportation announced earlier this month.

FL-511 sent out an alert announcing the closure around 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

A concrete bridge deck is being replaced on the southbound I-275 ramp to northbound I-75.

This work, FDOT says, will require southbound I-275 traffic to be closed to traffic at the U.S. 41 exit.

As an alternate route, officials suggest motorists head north on U.S. 41 to State Road 674/East College Avenue and take that to northbound I-75.

Follow Samantha Putterman on Twitter @samputterman

This story was originally published July 29, 2018 at 12:14 PM.

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