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Project Details
Work Type Safety Improvements
Phase Construction
Limits at SR 597 (Dale Mabry Highway)
Project Start Late 2025
City
County
Road
Construction Cost $525,000
Estimated Completion Spring 2026
Contractor Cone & Graham, Inc.
About

The Florida Department of Transportation's Design-Build Firm, Cone & Graham, Inc., is making safety improvements by extending the existing westbound right-turn lane to SR 597 (Dale Mabry Highway) in Hillsborough County.

Construction activities are expected to be complete in spring 2026.

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What is design-build? Design-build is a method of project delivery in which one entity - the design-build team - works under a single contract with the FDOT (or any owner) to fully design and construct a project.  The contract work covers from initial design through construction completion.  This contract type typically allows for faster construction of a project as design and construction can be on-going simultaneously. 

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Contact Information
Project Information
Maddie Griffin
727-575-8334
Maddie.Griffin@dot.state.fl.us
Media Contact
Kris Carson
813-975-6060
Kristen.Carson@dot.state.fl.us
Closures
  • SR 597 (Dale Mabry Highway) at Lutz Lake Fern 
    Night lane closures: Sunday, February 1 through Thursday, February 5 nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Project Images
Completed sidewalk (January 2026 photo)
Concrete pour for sidewalk (January 2026 photo)
Form sidewalk (January 2026 photo)
Crews place Tack coat on Lutz Lake Fern Road (January 2026 photo)
Paving operations on Lutz Lake Fern Road (January 2026 photo)
Newly paved Lutz Lake Fern Road (January 2026 photo)
Milling operations on Lutz Lake Fern Road (January 2026 photo)
Paving operations on Lutz Lake Fern Road (January 2026 photo)
Lutz Lake Fern Road Right-Turn Lane Extension at SR 597 (Dale Mabry Highway) (December 2025)
Lutz Lake Fern Road Right-Turn Lane Extension at SR 597 (Dale Mabry Highway) (December 2025)
Lutz Lake Fern Road Right-Turn Lane Extension at SR 597 (Dale Mabry Highway) (December 2025)
Lutz Lake Fern Road Right-Turn Lane Extension at SR 597 (Dale Mabry Highway) (December 2025)