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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We think: Thanks to area leaders, support for commuter rail is getting stronger
The attempt by some Winter Park commissioners last week to weaken that city's commitment to commuter rail might leave you wondering: Does it signal growing dissent among elected officials along the 61-mile route? That's what Winter Park commissioner Beth...Tags: Winter Park, Public Officials, Frank Bruno, Local Elections, Government
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We think: Established Wekiva Parkway route serves wildlife, region well
Residents of some communities near what that will become the Wekiva Parkway say they have a better route to complete a beltway around Orlando. If officials were to back that alternative route, however, the parkway would never get built. For starters,...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Transportation, Nature, Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, Tourism and Leisure
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Smoother entrance to I-4 debuts today in Orlando
Sentinel Staff WriterState road builders today are wrapping up a two-year, $119 million project on Interstate 4 and State Road 408 that untangles part of what engineers have derided for years as Orlando's "mixing bowl" interchange. For 35 years, drivers who wanted to go east...Tags: Winter Park, Walt Disney World Resort, State Road 408, Road Transportation, Transportation
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Crash, fuel spill shut eastbound lanes of I-4
Sentinel Staff WriterVOLUSIA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES -- The eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 were closed early today from U.S. Highway 17-92 in Seminole County to Saxon Boulevard in Volusia County because of an accident that spilled up to 500 gallons of fuel onto the highway....Tags: Vehicles, Road Transportation, Transportation, Kissimmee, Queens (New York City)
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I-4 closed in Volusia County due to overturned tanker
Sentinel Staff WriterThe eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 are closed from U.S. Highway 17-92 in Seminole County to Saxon Boulevard in Volusia County because of an accident that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel onto the highway about 9:30 p.m. Monday. The Florida Highway...Tags: Vehicles, Road Transportation, Transportation
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Ramp from South Street onto I-4 westbound opens Tuesday
Sentinel Staff WriterState road builders are wrapping up a two-year, $119 million project on Interstate 4 and State Road 408 that untangles part of what engineers have derided for years as Orlando's "mixing bowl'' interchange. For the past 35 years, drivers wanting to head...Tags: Winter Park, Walt Disney World Resort, State Road 408, Road Transportation, Transportation
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South Orlando commercial market shows weakness
Sentinel Staff WriterThe key industrial service-center and flex-space market south of the State Road 408 expressway in Orlando continued to show weakness during the third quarter, with only three signed leases involving more than 5,000 square feet of space, according to the...Tags: Simon Property Group Incorporated, State Road 408, House Building, International Drive, Government
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Commuter rail in Winter Park
Winter Park City Commissioner Karen Diebel is determined to advance Rep. John Mica's pro-development agenda, which shows no respect for Central Park. No cost/benefit analysis could ever justify Mica's high-pressure tactics to cement his legacy with an...Tags: Winter Park, Hospitals and Clinics, Florida Hospital, Central Park
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2009 Motor Trend Car of the Year Contender: Mazda6
MotorTrend MagazineThe previous-generation Mazda6 was a Motor Trend favorite, but the category it played in has since matured around it. The Camry, Accord, and others got larger, more powerful, and were endowed with more luxurious trappings.So now has the Mazda6. The... -
Driving the Jeep Wrangler EV: Can Eco-Friendly and Trail-Rated Co-Exist?
MotorTrend MagazineIt's not unusual for a Jeep Wrangler to leave the competition behind at the beginning of a difficult 4x4 trail. Now, almost ironically, Jeep might be leaving the competition behind in its technological wake. Not a typical Jeep trait. Wranglers in... -
Back-up lasts for miles on westbound I-4
Sentinel Staff WriterA broken down box truck is the source of a several mile back-up on westbound Interstate 4 this morning. The truck has been removed from the roadway, near State Road 436, but the back-up remains. Florida Department of Transportation cameras show the...Tags: Florida Department of Transportation
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Lake Mary man killed in I-4 crash
Sentinel Staff WriterA Lake Mary man was killed Tuesday night when his Volkswagen veered off the pavement on Interstate 4, hit two aluminum light poles and overturned in Deltona, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Charles W. Bahr. Jr. was eastbound about 8:10 p.m. when his...Tags: Road Accidents
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