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Old 04-15-2016, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by RickeyD View Post
Thinking about the new 468 interchange and widening of 468 into a 4 lane divided highway. Will any size truck use this as a shortcut to 27/441 ? What will this do to Morse Blvd. and it's adjacent Villages ? What about the roundabouts ? What about these trucks crossing over the Lake Sumter Bridge onto northern Morse Blvd. ? Not to mention the additional hundreds/thousands of cars per day coming off the turnpike that now use the 301 exit. Will living in the Morse Blvd. area become a traffic and safety nightmare ?
Nope.
Truckers are not dumb.
North on 441 parallels I-75, with which Fl. Turnpike was designed to intersect a mere 7 miles West of 468.
North on 441 is stop and go to and in Ocala and same in Gainesville, both of which towns are immediately accessible via multiple exits from I-75.