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Originally Posted by joldnol
what wrong with the 301 access?
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The problem with the Turnpike exit at US 301 is with the southbound exit onto US 301 if you're returning from Ocala or Gainesville and don't exit at Rte 44. The visibility is very limited due to the overpass and banking blocking your visibility to the north. You have to cross the the southbound lanes of 301 to turn left northward toward Wildwood. I used that exit a few times thinking it was quicker than exiting onto 44 until I read in the Sun in 2011 a Villages couple were killed doing exactly that, exiting the Turnpike north onto US 301. From then on, I only exit on Rte 44 when returning from the north.