Florida Department of Transportation

After a decade of planning and four years of construction, the traffic switch will occur early Tuesday, weather permitting, on the $865 million, eight-lane span over Old Tampa Bay.

Florida Department of Transportation will eventually distribute $256 million of the collected tax revenue by entering into agreements with six recipients.

Two of the proposed routes would come within 2,600 feet of Bok Tower Gardens' northern border — about the length of seven football fields.