One of the biggest improvements the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is making to the Interstate 4 (I-4) and Sand Lake Road (State Road (S.R.) 482) interchange is the addition of a new ramp system.

A big step toward the loop ramp’s opening later this year is a major milling and resurfacing operation on Turkey Lake Road, spanning from Sand Lake Road to where the new loop ramp and exit will tie in at Sand Lake Sound Road. Earlier this month, crews began nighttime resurfacing, which is expected to wrap up by the end of February.

The operation requires nighttime closures on Turkey Lake Road. Overnight on Sundays through Thursdays, crews are closing sections of either northbound or southbound Turkey Lake Road starting as early as 10 p.m. each night and reopening by 6 a.m. the next morning. Only one direction of the road is closed at a time.

When southbound Turkey Lake Road is closed, all southbound traffic will follow a detour that uses I-4.

Local traffic during the northbound closures will be limited to a single lane in each direction.

To know which side is closed each night and for full southbound detour details, visit the Turkey Lake Road paving operation web page for the most up-to-date information.

The new loop ramp will take motorists from westbound Sand Lake Road to Turkey Lake Road without turning left across traffic and eliminating the dangerous and congestion-inducing queuing of vehicles in the intersection. Drivers will also be able to exit directly from westbound I-4 to Turkey Lake Road.