Motorists should be advised that the westbound Interstate 4 (I-4) entrance ramp from Sand Lake Road (State Road (S.R.) 482) will be closed overnight on Thursday, January 23, and Thursday, January 30.

The first ramp closure is scheduled to start as soon as 10 p.m. Thursday, January 23, and is expected to reopen by 5 a.m. Friday morning, January 24. This closure is necessary for paving work.

The second ramp closure is scheduled to start as soon as 9 p.m. Thursday, January 30, and is expected to reopen by 6 a.m. Friday morning, January 31. This closure is necessary to shift traffic onto the new westbound I-4 entrance ramp from Sand Lake Road.

Motorists on Sand Lake Road who wish to access westbound I-4 during these closures should travel north on Turkey Lake Road and turn right onto eastbound Hollywood Way. Drivers will then turn right at Adventure Way and proceed south to the westbound I-4 entrance ramp. See the detour map below.

This work is part of the improvement project at I-4 and Sand Lake Road. Crews are reconstructing the interchange as a diverging diamond interchange (DDI). The project is reconfiguring and lengthening ramps at the interchange and improving capacity on Sand Lake Road and Turkey Lake Road. A new loop ramp will replace the existing left turns from westbound Sand Lake Road to southbound Turkey Lake Road. Motorists will also be able to bypass Sand Lake Road and exit I-4 directly to Turkey Lake Road on the new ramp system.

In addition, the project includes reconstructing the I-4 general use lanes from the end of the I-4 Ultimate project at Kirkman Road (S.R. 435) to west of Sand Lake Road. Crews are constructing two barrier-separated westbound express lanes from the current end point of I-4 Express near Kirkman Road to west of Sand Lake Road. These lanes will transition to a single, buffer-separated express lane in the westbound direction from west of Sand Lake Road and tie in just west of Central Florida Parkway. This express lane extension will be constructed in three separate projects, with the finished lane stretching from west of Sand Lake Road to west of World Center Drive (S.R. 536).

Construction on the project began in spring 2023 and is expected to be completed in 2027.

For more information on this project, visit I4beyond.com/sandlake.