Went to Orlando Airport last night to pickup my wife who was arriving at 11:30 PM.
Due to nighttime construction (11 PM - 6 AM) southbound turnpike closed beyond exit 254 which is where you get off to go east to the airport. All southbound traffic must exit at 254.
Coming back, west bound B-Line expressway, FL 528, from the airport temporarily ends at exit 4 which is the normal connection to the Turnpike. Signs there direct you to follow signs to get to the Turnpike. After driving around for about 30 minutes trying to get on the northbound Turnpike we stopped the car and turned on the GPS which lead us to I-4 and directions back to our home.
However, as is many times the case with GPS' it sent us the shortest way and not the quickest way (even tho we pushed the button for quickest way) and it had us going east and way from the the Turnpike.
What is usually a 1 hour and 15 minutes drive turned into a 2 hour drive - and got us home at 3:30 AM.
(if these road closures happen to you - head north to I-4 and the Turnpike interchange. Do not go east thru downtown Orlando)
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Last edited by chuckinca; 02-07-2018 at 09:18 PM.
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