Site Navigation Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee     U.S. Highway 301 - Florida U.S. 301 North U.S. 301 north continues from Big Bend Road (unsigned Hillsborough County 672) through unincorporated suburbs south of Brandon. Photo taken 11/24/07. Southern Pointe and Panther Trace Boulevards serve new suburban communities by the same name. Panther Trace Boulevard meanders east as a four-lane parkway to Summerfield Crossings and Balm-Riverview Road. Photo taken 11/24/07. The next traffic light along U.S. 301 north is with Symmes Road. Symmes Road leads east between new subdivisions to Balm-Riverview Road and west under Interstate 75 to U.S. 41 near Adamsville. Photo taken 11/24/07. U.S. 301 expands to a four-lane divided arterial ahead of Gibonston Drive west and Boyette Road east. Gibonston Road represents a four-lane arterial linking the south Riverview area with Interstate 75 via Exit 250. Photo taken 11/24/07. Boyette Road continues Gibonston Drive east as a six-lane arterial from U.S. 301 to Allenwood Drive. Boyette Road eventually transitions into Fishhawk Boulevard en route to the far reaching Fishhawk Ranch community. Photo taken 11/24/07. U.S. 301 retains its grassy median north from Boyette Road to Harney Road east of Tampa. Photo taken 11/24/07. U.S. 301 passes through Brandon, which is one of the largest (populated) unincorporated areas in the United States. Here, U.S. 301 approaches Florida 574, which follows Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard west toward Tampa and east to Interstate 75, parallel to Interstate 4. Photo taken 11/18/03. U.S. 301 leaves the Florida State Fairgrounds area and enters a full-cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 4 & U.S. 92. U.S. 92 follows the Interstate 4 collector/distributor roadways between its Hillsborough Avenue alignments east and west of Eureka Springs. Photo taken 01/28/07. A parting shot of U.S. 301 northbound as it ascends over the Interstate 4 mainline and U.S. 92 c/d roadways at Eureka Springs. Both highways head west into Tampa within three miles. Photo taken 01/28/07. U.S. 301 northbound at junction Hillsborough County 579 near the rural community of Thonotosassa. Hillsborough 579 travels south to Exit 10 of Interstate 4 and Mango (junction Florida 574). Photo taken 11/10/07. Leading north from Florida 50 along U.S. 301 in Ridge Manor. Photo taken 10/18/08. Much farther north, U.S. 301 aligns itself close to Interstate 75 as it approaches Wildwood, just north of Coleman. Here U.S. 301 northbound approaches Florida's Turnpike (Florida 91), which is marked with an older shield with a slightly off representation of the state of Florida. The Turnpike extends north to Interstate 75 and south to Orlando. Photo taken 11/18/03. U.S. 301 South In Sumterville (in Sumter County), southbound U.S. 301 meets Florida 471. U.S. 301 continues south toward Bushnell and the Tampa Bay Area, while Florida 471 travels due south toward Lakeland in Polk County. Photo taken 11/18/03. U.S. 301 southbound enters northern Hillsborough County from Pasco County in rural forest. Much of this land is protected due to the Hillsborough County Urban Growth Boundary. Photo taken 11/10/07. Spanning the Hillsborough River on U.S. 301 south. The federal highway enters Hillsborough River State Park. Photo taken 11/10/07. Southbound reassurance shield posted after the entrance to Hillsborough River State Park. The Old Fort King Trail parallels U.S. 301 southward. Photo taken 11/10/07. U.S. 301 continues south from Florida 60 (Adamo Drive) toward Riverview in unincorporated Hillsborough County. Photo taken 10/16/07. A diamond interchange joins U.S. 301 with Florida 618 Toll (LeRoy Selmon Crosstown Expressway). Pictured here is the westbound on-ramp toward downtown Tampa. Photo taken 10/16/07. The Crosstown Expressway continues a short distance east to Falkenburg Road before ending at junction Interstate 75 and Brandon Parkway. Photo taken 10/16/07. Just south of the Crosstown is junction Florida 676 (Causeway Boulevard). Photo taken 10/16/07. Florida 676 begins at U.S. 301 and follows Causeway Boulevard west to junction U.S. 41 (50th Street) & 41 Business (22nd Street Causeway). Causeway Boulevard continues east as unsigned Hillsborough County 676 otherwise into Brandon. Photo taken 10/16/07. Other Photos of U.S. 301 Old U.S. 98 and U.S. 301 shields remained in place until 2006 on Lock Street as it approaches U.S. 98 and U.S. 301 in Dade City. Photo taken 11/23/03. Page Updated December 3, 2008.