The Suncoast Parkway, part of Toll Road 589, is a recently-completed expansion project for Florida’s Turnpike system. Connecting with the 15-mile Veterans Expressway in northwest Hillsborough County, the Suncoast Parkway links Hillsborough with Pasco and Hernando counties, providing a 57-mile corridor for Florida’s Intrastate Highway system and an alternative four-lane, north-sout
“limited access” highway through Florida’s west coast. The Suncoast Parkway, like other Florida’s Turnpike toll roads, is a user-financed facility, paid for through the combination of revenue bonds and revenues collected on the entire Turnpike system. Tolls collected throughout the system pay for operation and maintenance costs, and for bond debt. The 42-mile Suncoast Parkway opened to traffic in 2001. The traveling public now has an opportunity to use a scenic, environmentally friendly, limited-access facility through Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties. Interchanges are located at Van Dyke Road, S.R. 54, S.R. 52, Pasco/Hernando County Line Road, Spring Hill Drive and S.R.50. The northern terminus is located at US 98, near the Hernando-Citrus County line.