Highlights
The 132-mile-long highway connects Tampa on the Gulf Coast to Daytona Beach on Florida's east coast. The first segment of what would become I-4 opened between Plant City and Lakeland in 1959. In 1963, Mickey Mouse-creator Walt Disney flew over Central Florida on a scouting trip for his new theme park and glimpsed a large stretch of undeveloped land where I-4 crossed Florida's Turnpike. Although I-4 is considered an east-west highway, in the Orlando area it mostly runs north-south. The interstate crosses the St. Johns River at Mile 104, near Lake Monroe and the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford. Thanks to I-4 and urban sprawl, the Orlando area annually ranks in the Top 10 for most congested traf...
The 132-mile-long highway connects Tampa on the Gulf Coast to Daytona Beach on Florida's east coast. The first segment of what would become I-4 opened between Plant City and Lakeland in 1959. In 1963, Mickey Mouse-creator Walt Disney flew over Central Florida on a scouting trip for his new theme park and glimpsed a large stretch of undeveloped land where I-4 crossed Florida's Turnpike. Although I-4 is considered an east-west highway, in the Orlando area it mostly runs north-south. The interstate crosses the St. Johns River at Mile 104, near Lake Monroe and the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford. Thanks to I-4 and urban sprawl, the Orlando area annually ranks in the Top 10 for most congested traffic systems in the country. About 200,000 cars a day travel through Orlando on I-4. Three out of every 10 cars currently using I-4 are driven by tourists. Six out of 10 by commuters. Local planners hope a proposed commuter-rail system running from Volusia County to Osceola County to help relieve traffic.
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Range Rover Evoque
By Jim MacPherson
Range Rovers pose an interesting question: Do we really need to experience the height of luxury while traveling off road to a destination that will allow us to rough it?
The answer is yes, as Range Rover sales increased 29.6 percent...Tags: Services and Shopping, Luxury Vehicles, Vehicles, Land Rover
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Letters to the Editor: Cellphone distractions, student debt and FAMU hazing
Cellphone distractions Wednesday's article "Florida injury rate: No. 18 in U.S." was both interesting and thorough, but I was disappointed at the subtle reference to accidents "due to distracted driving" and including " new problems" such as...
Tags: European Union, Prices, State Road 408, Education, Europe
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Firefighters monitoring 'suspicious' brush fire near International Drive
Orange County firefighters are monitoring a suspicious brush fire that caused state highway troopers to close Interstate 4 on Friday, officials said.
The blaze, which grew to 75 acres, is completely contained but firefighter are watching hot spots in...Tags: Lake Buena Vista, Fires, International Drive, Disasters and Accidents, Orange County (Florida)
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I-4 drivers warned of possible smoke from brush fire
Drivers on Interstate 4 will want to exercise caution this weekend in case a brush fire that closed the highway near the Orange-Osceola county line Friday flares up again. Weather conditions could cause fog to settle overnight and mix with lingering...
Tags: Lake Buena Vista, International Drive, Highway Transportation, Gainesville, Melbourne
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Ticked off! @ strollers
I'm appalled at all of the strollers at a major theme park. It's almost like there's no room for those that do walk around the park. Back in the day, only small babies (those that needed naps) were in strollers. Now, big kids are so lazy they get pushed...Tags: Business, Mother's Day, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Don't Miss: I-4 photo exhibit at Orange County Regional History Center
WHAT: A look at unexpected beauty found near the exits of Interstate 4 is examined in a new photo exhibition at the Orange County Regional History Center in downtown Orlando. "FloridaScapes: I-4 — The Exits Less Traveled" by Crealde Studio artist...Tags: Tampa, Orange County Regional History Center
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I-4 expansion plans in jeopardy because no-toll rule still stands
State plans to widen Interstate 4 by charging tolls to pay for new lanes could be in jeopardy because U.S. Rep. John Mica on Wednesday conceded he has not yet sold the idea to Congress.
Mica, R-Winter Park, is chairman of the House transportation...Tags: Orlando, State Road 408, Winter Park, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Longwood (Seminole, Florida)
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Lake Ivanhoe Trail progress continues
OrlandoSentinel.comThe wide trail will run around the lake's southern and eastern edge from Magnolia Avenue north along Orange Avenue and Ivanhoe Boulevard to a dead end at Interstate 4. A city of Orlando construction map does show the trail then extending down along the... -
Disney's Star Wars Weekends strike back
When you see Imperial Stormtroopers standing guard above the turnstiles at Disney's Hollywood Studios, you have to know it's not just another day at the theme park. It's time for the 12th edition of Star Wars Weekends and, assuming you're not a rebel...Tags: Concerts, Celebrities, Entertainment, Star Wars (movie), Arts and Culture
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Dinner Island details
Dinner Island Ranch Wildlife Management Area is in Hendry County. The entrance on State Road 833 is about 20 miles east of Immokalee and 30 miles southwest of Clewiston. Getting there: Dinner Island is about 90 miles from Fort Lauderdale. Take I-75...Tags: Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Fort Lauderdale
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Campaigns, issue groups spend millions on Orlando TV
It's no secret to anyone who watches TV in Central Florida: More than five months before Election Day, the region is awash in an unprecedented – and expensive -- flood of political commercials.
Campaigns, political action committees and...Tags: Mitt Romney, Orlando, Democratic Party, Satellite and Cable Service, Services and Shopping
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Feds: FDOT worker took $30,000 in bribes
A former Florida Department of Transportation employee faces 20 years in prison after being accused of taking about $30,000 in bribes from a business facing displacement by a road project, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Tina Moore, 55, of Daytona Beach...Tags: Orlando, Career and Workplace, Corporate Crime, Florida Department of Transportation, Bribery
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