The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority is a user-financed public agency led by a Board of local citizens. Operating with no tax dollars, the Authority develops and owns toll highways in the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County.

The Lee Roy Selmon Expressway is the Authority’s primary community asset - a 15-mile long limited-access highway linking Interstate 75 in eastern Hillsborough County to Gandy Boulevard in south Tampa.

To address severe traffic congestion for morning and afternoon commuters from eastern Hillsborough County, the Authority developed a unique set of reversible express lanes between Brandon and downtown Tampa.

The Expressway is an essential commuter route to downtown Tampa, the Westshore business district and MacDill Air Force Base with local access to Hyde Park, south Tampa, the Port of Tampa and the commercial and industrial enterprises to the east along State Road 60.