Work continues on a State Road 417 expansion project, and that will require the closure of some roads that lead north out of Osceola County that locals may use to get to Orlando and points north.
Those closures, that start this weekend and go into next week, include:
Sunday through Thursday night (April 23-27) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: The northbound and southbound ramps from Florida’s Turnpike to northbound SR 417 (Exit 251), for bridge work. Drivers will be directed to travel southbound on SR 417 to US 441/South Orange Blossom Trail (Exit 11) and follow the detour signs to get back to north 417.
Monday and Tuesday (April 24-25), 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.: The ramp from southbound SR 417 to Orange Blossom Trail (Exit 11) will be closed for ramp work. Continue south on SR 417 to John Young Parkway (Exit 10) and take Town Center or Hunter's Creek boulevards back to OBT. (This detour will not happen at the same time as the detour for the Turnpike ramps.)
Monday to Thursday (April 24-27), 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., Orange Blossom Trail under SR 417 will be closed for bridge work. Northbound drivers will be directed onto Town Center Boulevard and southbound drivers will be directed onto Whisper Lakes Boulevard or Deerfield Boulevard. See map shown as a graphic in this story.
Also Monday-Thursday from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.: The ramps from Boggy Creek Road and Jeff Fuqua Boulevard to northbound SR 417, for road work. Drivers will be directed to take Lake Nona Boulevard and follow the detour signs to the entrance ramp there.
This work is for a 417 expansion project to add capacity and lanes from International Drive to State Road 528. Some portions are near completion and, the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) says parts through Landstar Boulevard, which regularly congest heavily at drive time (especially in the afternoon and evening) will be completed this fall. The entire project is expected to be complete by summer 2024 (although CFX said the spring earlier this year, for what that's worth).
