The SR 60 Work Schedule at Lithia Pinecrest Road
FDOT is repaving SR 60 from Buckingham Place to Lithia Pinecrest Road. Work began March 13, 2026, with completion estimated for fall 2026 as of September. The project repaves travel lanes, modifies turning movements, repairs damaged sidewalk and adds pedestrian lighting at the intersection.
As of September 2026, work requiring lane closures occurred nightly from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Construction activity ran during both daytime and nighttime hours. Check the current FDOT notice before a later trip because lane patterns and scheduled activity can change as work advances.
Open more following distance when pavement conditions, work vehicles or lane shifts limit your view ahead. Avoid sitting close behind a truck or trailer, and do not cross cones or make an abrupt lane change to get away from loose material. Distance gives a stone more room to drop or bounce before it reaches the glass.
If a construction zone rock cracked your windshield near those lane closures, record the direction of travel, lane, time and nearest intersection once you are parked. Note whether the strike occurred inside the Buckingham Place-to-Lithia Pinecrest Road limits or after you had left them. A work-zone location is evidence of where the event occurred, not proof of who released the stone.
Lithia Pinecrest Road Has Its Own Useful Landmarks
Hillsborough County is studying corridor improvements on Lithia Pinecrest Road from Fishhawk Boulevard to Lumsden Road. That work also includes part of Bloomingdale Avenue from Culbreath Road to Pearson Road. As of September 2026, planning completion was estimated for early 2027, with design and construction dates undetermined.
A separate county project completed in mid-2023 converted the Lithia Pinecrest Road intersection at Fish Hawk Trail Drive and Hawkpark Boulevard to a signal with turn-lane improvements. The same project installed a roundabout at Boyette Road and Dorman Road.
Those intersections are useful reference points for your notes. If you first notice a cracked windshield near FishHawk, write down whether the impact happened before or after the signal, roundabout or turn toward SR 60. If a truck was ahead, note where it entered or left the route without treating its presence as proof that its load caused the damage.
Who Pays if a Rock From a Truck Hits Your Windshield Near SR 60?
Who pays after a rock hits your windshield in Florida depends on what can be shown about the stone’s source and the coverage in force. Responsibility can be difficult to establish when a tire throws a stone that was already on the pavement. Evidence is different when a driver directly sees material leave a truck or trailer, but the safest response is still to document the event rather than chase the vehicle or attempt to photograph it while driving.
- The date and exact time of the strike
- Your direction, lane and nearest intersection
- The other vehicle’s plate, color and identifying markings, if visible
- Whether material appeared to leave a load or was thrown from the road
- Photos of the impact point and the crack’s full path
- Saved dash-camera footage before the recording overwrites itself
If you believe the windshield crack came from gravel leaving a truck, photograph any markings only from a parked position. Do not guess at a company name or plate characters you could not read. A short factual note made immediately after the strike is more useful than a detailed account reconstructed later.
When responsibility is uncertain, drivers commonly check their own comprehensive coverage. Florida’s windshield-deductible rule applies to windshield damage only when the policy includes applicable comprehensive coverage; it does not create coverage where none was purchased. See the Florida auto glass insurance guide for how that distinction applies. Bang AutoGlass verifies coverage before any work, helps you with the claim and bills your insurer directly. General info, not legal or insurance advice — coverage varies by policy.
Florida’s Windshield Rule Does Not Set a Crack Length
For vehicles within its scope, Florida’s windshield equipment law requires a fixed, upright windshield with federally compliant safety glazing. It also requires windshield wipers to be kept in good working order. Violations are noncriminal traffic infractions, punishable as nonmoving violations.
The section sets no permitted crack length, so the decision turns on what the crack is doing: crossing the driver’s view, spreading toward the edge, branching or interfering with the area swept by the wipers.
Working wipers cannot correct optical distortion from a crack during rain. If the damaged area prevents you from seeing lane markings, vehicles, pedestrians or signals clearly, keep the vehicle parked and arrange service where it stands.
Summer Rain and Cold Air Can Move the Crack
Most of West Central Florida’s rainy season runs from May 25 through October 10. July through early September is the peak for heavy rainfall, which puts the wipers and any crack in your sightline to work more often.
Can a Small Rock Chip Spread After the Car Is Parked?
Yes. The glass around an impact is already under stress. Rapid temperature changes, body flex and vibration can extend a short leg beyond the original chip. A blast of cold air directed at sun-heated glass or strong defroster heat against cold glass can increase the temperature difference across the pane.
Do not pour hot or cold water over the damage to clear the glass. The article on what makes windshield cracks spread covers the mechanical causes in more detail.
The Camera Behind the Mirror Changes the Glass Order
Many vehicles place a camera against the windshield behind the rearview mirror. Depending on the vehicle, it may support lane, collision-warning or other driver-assistance functions. The correct replacement must match the camera bracket and optical area specified for that vehicle.
The VIN, year, make, model and trim help distinguish windshields that look alike but carry different equipment. Tell us about the camera housing, rain sensor, head-up display, acoustic layer or other hardware attached to the glass.
Before the old glass is removed, photograph the placement of a toll transponder, permit, dash-camera mount or other item attached near the mirror. Keep removable devices and account information with you. Identify any label that must be retained before work starts; not every adhesive item can be lifted from damaged glass intact.
Replacement means removing the trim, cowl or wipers needed for access, cutting out the old urethane, preparing the bonding surface and setting OEM-quality glass in a new urethane bead before those parts go back on.
A camera-equipped vehicle may require ADAS Calibration after the windshield is replaced. Bang AutoGlass completes that recalibration during the same visit when the vehicle requires it, where the procedure can be done on site. The method comes from that vehicle’s requirements, not from the model name.
The urethane must reach its specified drive-away condition before the car moves. That interval depends on the adhesive system and working conditions, so follow the instruction given after installation. Our Mobile Auto Glass service does the whole job where the car is parked. The workmanship on the installation carries the Bang Lifetime Workmanship Warranty for as long as you own the vehicle.
Turn the Strike Record Into the Correct Glass Order
With a cracked windshield in Lithia, FL, gather what identifies both the break and the replacement glass. The notes you made after the rock hit your windshield on SR 60 or Lithia Pinecrest Road, plus the items below, let us order the right part for a mobile windshield replacement in Lithia.
- Wide, medium and close photographs of the damage
- The VIN or the vehicle’s year, make, model and trim
- A photo of the mirror and camera housing
- Notes about a rain sensor, head-up display or glass-mounted transponder
- The address where the vehicle will remain parked
- Your policy number and coverage documents if you want us to check the policy before work
If the lower-dashboard VIN cannot be read through glare or the damaged area, copy it from the registration instead of leaning over the crack. Do not guess at a trim or camera option. A photograph of the black border around the mirror can show brackets, sensor windows and markings that a front-on photo misses.
If the car is in a workplace or shared lot, obtain permission for the work area and leave enough room for doors to open without another vehicle crowding the windshield. Provide gate instructions before the visit, keep the keys available and name the exact row or parking space rather than only the street address.
We come to the car at home, at work or wherever it is parked in Lithia. Use the quote form on the Lithia service page to provide the details and request a no-obligation quote. New appointment requests are accepted 24/7 at (877) 994-5277.
Leave the cracked windshield undisturbed before the visit. Remove loose items from the dashboard, close the hood fully and keep the cowl area clear. Do not apply household adhesive, drill the crack or press material into the impact point.
Lithia Answers After an SR 60 Stone Strike
A rock hit my windshield during the 9 p.m. SR 60 lane closures. Does that schedule prove where it came from?
No. Repaving and lane closures are underway, but that schedule does not establish where a particular stone came from. Save the time, direction, lane, nearest intersection, truck details and any dash-camera footage. Those facts give your insurer more to assess than the work-zone location alone.
A rock cracked my windshield near FishHawk, and the mark is still coin-sized. Can it spread overnight?
Yes. A small impact can develop radial legs or a running crack after temperature changes, vibration or body flex. Photograph it now and compare the image later without pressing on the glass. If a leg has reached the edge or your line of sight by morning, the windshield needs replacing.
If I cannot prove where the SR 60 stone came from, should I check my own coverage?
Responsibility rests on the evidence, and a stone already lying on the pavement can be hard to trace to a vehicle. You can ask your insurer to review applicable comprehensive coverage. Florida’s windshield-deductible rule applies only when that coverage is in force. Bang AutoGlass verifies coverage before work, helps you with the claim and bills your insurer directly. General info, not legal or insurance advice — coverage varies by policy.
The SR 60 crack has reached the black border. Why does that point toward replacement?
That border marks the windshield’s bonded perimeter. Once the line enters it, body movement and temperature changes can keep extending the break beyond the original impact. Take one photo of the full path and another where it meets the border. Do not press that section while checking it. An edge-reaching crack points toward replacement rather than waiting.
My SR 60 impact is still a bullseye with no long crack. Is Bang AutoGlass the right service?
Bang AutoGlass does not provide chip or crack repair. A contained bullseye may be assessed by a provider that offers repair. If the impact has produced a running, edge-reaching, branched or vision-area crack, request a no-obligation quote for Windshield Replacement.
