Directions to Legoland

ToDo: Best real time traffic reports to determin which portions of I-275 & I-4 are OK to drive on

tl;dr - Clearwater to Legoland

• US 92 E from I4 E
• SR 570 E (tricky from US 92 E; SR 570 is a U)
• SR 540 (SR 570 exit 14)
• US 17 N
• Follow Signs to Legoland (SR 540 E, Cypress Gardens Blvd)

Detailed directions - Clearwater to Legoland

• US 92 E from I-4 E

  • I-4 Exits For US 92 East

    • 10
    • 14
    • 17 (Dinosaur World)
    • 19 (Plant City)
    • 21 (Plant City)
    • 22 (Plant City)
    • 25 (Close to Lakeland)
  • I-4 exit 27 for US 570 East (due-south here)
• SR 570 East from US 92 E

  • Go under SR 570
  • Right onto Clark rd
  • Right onto Old Tampa Highway
  • Left onto SR 270 East on-ramp
• SR 540 (Winter Lake Rd) from SR 570 exit 14

  • After this exit SR 570 E heads due-north back to US 92
  • Turns into Old Foot Rd
• US 17 North, left off of SR 540

  • SR 540 dead ends into US 17
• Follow Signs to Legoland

  • East SR 540, Cypress Gardens Blvd

tl;dr - Legoland to Clearwater

• SR 540 W, Cypress Gardens Blvd (back the way you came)
• Left onto US 17 S
• Right onto SR 540 W, Old Foot Rd
• SR 570 W
• US 92 W (Last exit before I-4 exit)
• Get on I-4 W near the Hard Rock
• I-275
• Get on Vetran's Expressway N, towards TPA
• Go past the Causeway and take the exit for SR 580 W, West Hillsborough Rd

Detailed directions - Legoland to Clearwater

• SR 540 W, Cypress Gardens Blvd
• Left onto US 17 S
• Right onto SR 540 W, Old Foot Rd (turns into Winter Lake Rd)
• Merge onto SR 570 W (540 kinda dead-ends into 570)
• Take exit for US 92 off of SR 570 W

  • Last exit before I-4 exit
• ?Left? off of exit onto US 92 W
• Get on I-4 W near the Hard Rock
• I-275
• Get on Vetran's Expressway N, towards TPA
• Option 1: Take the Causeway back to Clearwater
• Option 2: Go past the Causeway and take the exit for SR 580 W, West Hillsborough Rd

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Notes

• Hillsborough Ave is US 92
• East & West Hillsborough Ave is defined on either side of I275
• SR570 (East/West) makes a "U" south of I4 & US92

  • Left side of the "U": I4 Exit 27
  • Right side of the "U": I4 Exit 41
• SR540 is split ("jogs") at US17

  • West: Winter Lake Rd & Old Foot Rd
  • East: Cypress Gardens Blvd (Legoland is on this road)

Getting across Tampa

• Curlew to tampa rd
• Tampa Rd turns into hillsborough

  • Stay on hillsborough all the way to I4 (lots of lights and traffic)
  • bear right on Memorial to Independence to Vetrans expressway south to I-275 N (Malfunction Junction)

    • I-275 N to I-4 E

ToDo MD table

Road Type,Physical Sign (On the Road),Map Symbol (Paper/Digital) Interstate,Blue & Red Shield,Blue & Red Shield (Usually matches) U.S. Route,White Badge/Shield,White Badge/Shield (Usually matches) FL State Road,Square with Florida Outline,White Oval or Circle County Road,Blue Pentagon,Blue Pentagon or Square