![]() ![]() It is an innovative project that has won approximately two dozen awards of recognition by local, state, national and international organizations. The REL provides a direct connection between Brandon and downtown Tampa, allowing for express travel of people in cars and buses. The REL provides quality service with an aesthetically pleasing structure and reduced impacts to the community and the environment. ![]() To minimize the footprint of the expressway, most of the project was constructed as a concrete segmental bridge using only 6 feet of space within the existing median. Like many urban areas, purchasing the additional land needed along this corridor for typical highway widening was neither physically nor financially feasible. This is the first road to address urban congestion by combining the innovations of concrete segmental bridges, reversible express lanes and all electronic tolling. The Reversible Express Lanes (REL) is a First-of-its-Kind facility.
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