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Florida Traveler's Guide Florida’s Major Highway Construction Projects: April - June 2018 Interstate 4 24. Charlotte County – Adding lanes and resurfacing from south of N. Jones 46. Martin County – Installing Truck Parking Availability System for the south- 1. I-4 and I-75 interchange -- Hillsborough County – Modifying the eastbound Loop Road to north of US 17 (4.5 miles) bound Rest Area at mile marker 107, three miles south of Martin Highway / and westbound I-4 (Exit 9) ramps onto northbound I-75 into a single entrance 25. Charlotte County – Installing Truck Parking Availability System for the SR 714 (Exit 110), near Palm City; the northbound Rest Area at mile marker point with a long auxiliary lane. (2 miles) northbound and southbound Weigh Stations at mile marker 158 106, four miles south of Martin Highway /SR 714 (Exit 110) near Palm City; the southbound Weigh-in-Motion Station at mile marker 113, one mile south of 2. Polk County -- Reconstructing the State Road 559 (Ex 44) interchange 26. Lee County -- Replacing 13 Dynamic Message Signs from mile marker 117 to mile marker 145 Becker Road (Exit 114), near Palm City; and the northbound Weigh-in-Motion 3. Polk County -- Installing Truck Parking Availability System for the eastbound Station at mile marker 92, four miles south of Bridge Road (Exit 96), near 27. Lee County – Installing Truck Parking Availability System for the northbound and westbound Rest Areas at mile marker 46. Hobe Sound and southbound Rest Areas at mile marker 131 4. Polk County -- Installing a new Fog/Low Visibility Detection System on 47. Martin/Palm Beach County – Resurfacing from County Road 708/Bridge Road 28. Collier County -- Replacing 11 Dynamic Message Signs rom mile marker 61 Interstate 4 from the east end of the Polk Parkway to the Osceola County line (Exit 96) near Hobe Sound to State Road 706/Indiantown Road (Exit 87) at to mile marker 114 5. Orlando metro area -- Adding lanes and reconstruction from Kirkman Road in Jupiter 29. Collier County -- Installing Truck Parking Availability System for the Orange County (Exit 75B) to east of State Road 434 in Seminole County (21 48. Palm Beach County – Improving interchange at Donald Ross Road (Exit 83) in northbound and southbound Rest Areas at mile marker 63 miles) Jupiter; 10th Avenue North (Exit 64) in Lake Worth; Hypoluxo Road (Exit 60) Interstate 10 30. I-75/Alligator Alley - Collier County - Building a new Rest Area and water in Lantana and Woolbright Road (Exit 56) in Boynton Beach treatment plant on the north side of the roadway (mile marker 63) 49. Palm Beach/Broward County – Adding a lane and converting the HOV lane in 6. Escambia County -- Interchange /adding lanes at S.R. 95 (U.S. 29/ Exit 31. Broward County -- Installing Truck Parking Availability System for Rest Area both directions to extend the express lanes from SW 10th Street (Exit 41) in 10A/10B) (.7 miles) on Alligator Alley at mile marker 34, 11 miles north of U.S. 27 Deerfield Beach to Glades Road (Exit 45) in Boca Raton, 7. Escambia County -- Adding lanes and reconstructing from east of S.R. 291 32. Broward County -- Adding four express lanes in the median of I-75 from the widening or replacing bridges, installing ITS and tolling equipment, (Davis Hwy) (Exit 13) to east of U.S. 90 (Exit 17) (2.7 miles) I-595/Sawgrass Expressway Interchange (Exit 19) in Weston/Sunrise to one installing express lane markers (poles), installing ramp metering signals and 8. Santa Rosa County -- Adding lanes and reconstructing from the Escambia mile south of the Miami-Dade County line, includes a new bridge with direct relocating utilities and landscaping (4 miles) Bay Bridge to east of S.R. 281(Avalon Boulevard) (Exit 22) (4.1 miles) connection to the I-595 express lanes and new ramps to the Homestead 50. Broward County – Adding a lane and converting the HOV lane in both 9. Washington County- Milling and resurfacing from the Choctawhatchee River Extension of the Florida’s Turnpike (Exit 5) (15 miles) directions to extend the express lanes from Broward Boulevard (Exit 27) in th Bridge, near Exit 104 (County Road 279) to the Washington/Holmes County Interstate 275 Fort Lauderdale to SW 10 Street (Exit 41) in Deerfield Beach, line (6 miles) widening bridges, building noise walls in selected locations, installing ITS and 10. Jackson County- Milling and resurfacing from East of State Road 71 to 33. Manatee County – Constructing new public rest area at the south end of the tolling equipment, installing express lane markers (poles) and County Road 69A (8.7 miles) Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Exit 7) repaving all travel lanes (14 miles) 11. Gadsden County - Resurfacing from west of U.S. 90 to the Leon County 34. Pinellas County – Constructing new public rest area at the north end of the 51. Miami-Dade County -- Constructing five emergency stopping sites (three Line (3 miles) Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Exit 13) northbound & two southbound) in median from NW 62nd Street to NW 131st 12. Jefferson County -- Renovating eastbound and westbound rest areas at mile 35. Pinellas County – Various maintenance repairs and assessment of future Street. The project also includes replacing the concrete driving surface from marker 233 maintenance needs on the Sunshine Skyway, Bunces Pass and Dick NW 29th Street to NW 79th Street (6.2 miles) Misener bridges (8.2 miles) 13. Duval County -- Reconstructing the U.S. 301 interchange (Exit 343) 36. Pinellas County – Widening from south of Gandy Boulevard (Exit 28) to 4th 14. Duval County -- Reconstructing the State Road 23 (Cecil Commerce Center Interstate 295 Street North (mile marker 32) to add toll lanes next to existing freeway lanes, Parkway) interchange (Exit 350) as part of the Gateway Expressway project. (5 miles) 52. Duval County -- Reconfiguration of the north I-95 interchange (Exit 35) 15. Duval County -- Operational improvements to the interchange at I-95 include 53. East Beltway - Duval County -- Adding express lanes from Butler Boulevard providing a dedicated ramp to Irene and Stockton Street, and widening of the Interstate 95 (Exit 53) to State Road 9B overpass from I-95 northbound to I-10 westbound 37. Nassau County -- Reconstructing A1A/SR 200 into a Diverging Diamond 54. West Beltway– Duval County – Adding express lanes from Buckman Bridge to Interstate 75 Interchange (Exit 373) I-95 (Exit 61) 16. Alachua County – Resurfacing from State Road 121 (Exit 382) to State 38. Duval County -- Reconfiguration of the north I-295 interchange (Exit 362) Florida’s Turnpike Road 222 (Exit 390 (8 miles) 39. Duval County – Operational improvements to I-95 include widening of the 17. Sumter County -- Adding lanes from south of County Road 470 to south of Fuller Warren Bridge and adding a shared use path 55. Miami-Dade County -- Interchange improvements at Campbell Drive (Exit 2) the Turnpike (7.6 miles) 40. Duval County -- Adding lanes from south of the Fuller Warren Bridge to 56. Miami-Dade County -- Widening and express lanes construction from th th 18. Hernando County – Adding lanes and resurfacing from south of State Road Emerson Street (Exit 347) (2 miles) Southwest 216 Street (Exit 11) to Southwest 40 Street (Exit 23) (12 miles) 50 to the Sumter County line (6.25 miles) 41. Duval County -- Reconstructing the Butler Boulevard interchange (Exit 344) 57. Broward County -- Interchange improvements and all-electronic tolling 19. Pasco County – Adding lanes and resurfacing from north of County Road 54 42. Volusia County—Adding lanes from State Road 44 to Daytona Beach. This conversion at Sunrise Boulevard (Exit 58) (Exit 279) to north of State Road 52 (Exit 285) (6.7 miles) project also includes major interchange modifications at I-4, I-95 and US 92 in 58. Palm Beach County -- Interchange improvements at Glades Road (Exit 75) 20. Hillsborough County – Modifying the eastbound and westbound I-4 (Exit 9) Daytona Beach (10 miles) 59. Mile Post 142 - St. Lucie County -- Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce service plaza ramps onto northbound I-75 into a single entrance point with a long auxiliary 43. Indian River County -- Adding lanes, widening overpasses and modifying reconstruction lane (2 miles) Interchange ramps from the Brevard County line south to State Road 60/ 60. Florida’s Turnpike - I-75 (Exit 309) - Sumter County -- Widening and 21. Manatee County -- Interchange improvement project at State Road 64 (Exits Osceola Boulevard (Exit 147) at Vero Beach (12.5 miles) Interchange improvements near Wildwood 220A and 220B) 44. St. Lucie County – Installing Truck Parking Availability System for northbound 61. Veterans Expressway - Memorial Boulevard (Exit 3) to Van Dyke Road (Exit 22. Manatee/Sarasota counties -- Constructing a Diverging Diamond inter- and southbound Rest Areas at mile marker 131, two miles north of Orange 14) – Hillsborough County – Widening from 4 to 8 lanes, express lane change at University Parkway Avenue/SR 68 (Exit 131) near Fort Pierce construction and all-electronic tolling conversion. (11 miles) 23. Sarasota County – Adding lanes and reconstructing the interchange from 45. St. Lucie County – Removing and replacing bridge decks over Ten Mile 62. Beachline Expressway – Orange County - widening to eight lanes and Fruitville Road (Exit 210) to University Parkway (Exit 213) (3.1 miles) Creek, south of Okeechobee Road (mile marker 129), and over Glades Cut- express lane construction between I-4 and McCoy Road Off Road/FEC Railroad (mile marker 125) near Fort Pierce .
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