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Will Morse Blvd be another SR301
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Not to be nitpicky, but it's US 301 and has been since I can remember. All through the 60's before I-95 and I-4 were built, it was our main road from Tampa to Baltimore. It now starts in Sarasota and in Maryland it crosses the Chesapeake Bay Bridge bypassing Baltimore and ends in Delaware, 1100 miles from it's start.
So for one thing, it won't have the nationwide prestige of US 301. I don't see a big need for truckers to get off in this area when you have a large truck stop at the SR44 and I-75 exit, most likely they would want to hit that first. If going to Leesburg and points south such as Clermont or Winter Garden, they have turnpike exits already. If going to Ocala there is exits already. Local deliveries I believe would continue to take US 301 if going north or south. If going east, they may take the new exit but if they have concerns, they could easily post signs at the Morse entrance on 44 with weight limits or axel limits. I think we should give the designers time to figure things out.