Morse Blvd north of 466 didn’t exist before The Villages built it — the only road fully in place back then was Avenida Central, which shows up on aerials in the early ’90s serving Spanish Springs. CR-466 itself was just a small two-lane rural road, so there was no point in tying it together until The Villages expanded south and west. The first stub of Morse south of 466 appears around the late ’90s, then it was extended northward in stages, with the bridge connection to Avenida Central finished around 2005.
The road today is actually maintained by Sumter County, not privately. The county owns the pavement and bridge, while the Villages’ CDDs handle the landscaping, golf-cart paths, and drainage along the sides. The gates you see at each end aren’t there to restrict access (they legally can’t on a public road) — they’re just traffic-calming devices to slow vehicles and manage the mix of cars and golf carts.
Hope this helps!
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