Scott Hood has a special nickname for one stretch of Gandy Boulevard in St. Petersburg.
Hood, who has to navigate westbound Gandy onto US 19, is among the frustrated drivers that deal with the continually backed up roadway.
"We affectionately call it the Gandy 500 for a lot of good reasons," Hood said.
The road features a single lane ramp that branches into three lanes at the bottom of the ramp. Two lanes turn south and the other turns north.
"And if you have a medium to large sized vehicle that's kind of in the middle, straddling, it blocks everyone back up onto almost Gandy Boulevard," Hood said.
Spend any amount of time near the intersection and you'll witness cars that want to turn left blocking access to the lane dedicated for traffic turning right.
But what can be done to remedy the situation?
"If we made that whole access lane ten feet wider, we could literally have easily accommodate two lanes of traffic going down the access road," Hood said. "And then the people heading south could pick or choose which two dedicated lanes they want to turn left on."
That would leave a single, dedicated lane for northbound traffic - eliminating lane sharing and creating less traffic back ups.
It's an idea the Florida Department of Transportation is already examining.
The project is funded for design and right of way acquisition but is not funded for construction," said FDOT spokesperson Kris Carson. "The challenge with this improvement is the possibility of needing right of way."
But there are no changes imminent. A fix could be as long as two years away. Right now, only an yet-unscheduled public open house on the matter is in the works.