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Interstate 4 Westbound - Seminole County

Interstate 4 West
Looking west at the U.S. 17 & 92 bridge over the St. Johns River and the parallel CSX lift-bridge. In the background is the Florida Power and Light plant. Exit 104 also serves the Port of Sanford and the Central Florida Zoological Park. Photo taken 01/01/06.
Westbound at the folded-diamond interchange with U.S. 17 & 92 (Exit 104). U.S. 17 & 92 travel east along the south shores of Lake Monroe to Sanford and junction Florida 46 (West 1st Street). Once at downtown Sanford, the tandem travel south along French Avenue. Tieing into the interchange from the south is Orange Boulevard and Seminole County 15 (Monroe Road). Orange Boulevard travels west to Florida 46 and Seminole County 431. Monroe Road heads south through the community of Lake Monroe to junction Florida 46 at Upsala Road. Photo taken 01/01/06.
Interstate 4 enters the city of Sanford ahead of the Exit 101C diamond interchange with Florida 46. Florida 46 travels west from Sanford 20 miles to the Lake County city of Mount Dora. Eastward, the state highway constitutes a divided-arterial four miles to the Sanford Historic District. Photo taken 01/01/06.
The on-ramp from U.S. 17 & 92 forms the exit-only lane for Exit 101C (Florida 46). Florida 46 travels west 1.5 miles to junction Seminole County 431 (Orange Boulevard) and 4.1 miles to junction Seminole County 46A (Longwood-Markham Road). Both roads serve the northern reaches of Heathrow. Use Florida 46 east to Towne Center Boulevard south for the Seminole Town Center Mall. Photo taken 01/01/06.
Exit 101C departs Interstate 4 westbound, one mile north of the Exit 101B trumpet interchange with Florida 417 Toll (Center Florida Greeneway). Florida 417 Toll comprises the eastern beltway of the Orlando metropolitan area. and the toll road serves Orlando-Sanford International Airport via Exit 50 and Orlando International Airport via Exit 26. Photo taken 01/01/06.
Florida 46 shields and guide sign posted at the Exit 101C ramp end. Florida 46 is quite busy in the area of Interstate 4 with traffic from the Seminole Towne Center mall Photo taken 08/25/07.
A lengthy collector/distributor roadway serves the movements to (Exit 101B) Florida 417 Toll (Central Florida Greeneway) south and (Exit 101A) Seminole County 46A (H.E. Thomas Parkway). Seminole County 46A follows H.E. Thomas Parkway east from Orange Boulevard to Monroe County 15 (Country Club Road) along the Sanford and Lake Mary city lines. Photo taken 01/01/06.

Interstate 4 westbound splits with the Exit 101B/A c/d roadway for Florida 417 Toll south and Seminole County 46A. The Central Florida Greeneway heads east with Sanford area interchanges serving Rinehart Road (unsigned Seminole County 431B), Seminole County 46A (West 25th Street), and Airport Boulevard / U.S. 17 & 92 in the first five miles. H.E. Thomas Parkway meets Rinehart Road just east of its partial-cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 4. Photo taken 01/01/06.
The Exit 101B/A roadway does not include return access to Interstate 4 west. Instead drivers partition into ramps directly onto the Central Florida Greeneway south and Seminole County 46A at Colonial Center Parkway. International Parkway stems south from H.E. Thomas Parkway parallel to Interstate 4 to Lake Mary Boulevard. Lake Mary entails all of the land south of Seminole County 46A and east of Heathrow. Incorporated on August 7, 1973, Lake Mary's origins began in January of 1923 as the Lake Mary Chamber of Commerce. The town started as small railroad villages known as Bent's Station and Belle Fountain. Now basically a bedroom community for Orlando, Lake Mary was named after the wife of a minister who settled along the lake that would become Lake Mary.9 Photo taken 01/01/06.
Drivers bound for Florida 417 Toll south to Winter Springs, Oviedo, and Orlando depart via Exit 101B. The toll road returns to Interstate 4 in northern Osceola County west of Kissimmee (Exit 62). Heathrow meanwhile lies west of Interstate 4 via Seminole County 46A and Heathrow Boulevard. Photo taken 01/01/06.
A large pedestrian bridge spans Interstate 4 between Heathrow and Lake Mary near milepost 100. The 1000' long suspension bridge was built in 2003 at a cost of $3.5 million. Photos taken 01/01/06.
Exit 98 joins Lake Mary Boulevard with Interstate 4 via a partial-cloverleaf interchange. Lake Mary Boulevard travels east from Markham Woods Road to Red Cleveland Boulevard south of Orlando-Sanford International Airport. An extension of Lake Mary Boulevard will continue the road east to Cameron City and junction Florida 46 and 415 east of Sanford. Photo taken 01/01/06.
A two-lane off-ramp serves Lake Mary Boulevard from Interstate 4 west. Lake Mary Boulevard enters the unincorporated Heathrow west of the freeway. Markham Woods Road travels north-south through Heathrow between Seminole County 46A and Florida 434 (Sanlando Springs Road). Lake Mary itself lies three miles to the east along Lake Mary Boulevard. Photo taken 01/01/06.
Drivers bound for Lake Mary Boulevard depart Interstate 4 westbound. Lake Mary Boulevard intersects International Parkway and Heathrow Boulevard just west of the freeway. To the east, the arterial meets unsigned Seminole County 431B (Rinehart Road) in one mile, Seminole County 15 (Country Club Road) in 2.5 miles, and junction U.S. 17 & 92 at Sanford in five miles. Photo taken 01/01/06.
E.E. Williamson Road passes over Interstate 4 west ahead of the Sabal Point area rest area. This is one of two such facilities along the entire length of Interstate 4 westbound. Photo taken 01/01/06.
The one-half mile guide sign for Exit 94 (junction Florida 434) resides at the westbound rest area near Sabal Point. Florida 434 (Sanlando Springs Road) arcs through the Seminole County suburbs of Forest City, Longwood, Winter Springs, and Oviedo. Photo taken 01/01/06.
Use Florida 434 (Sanlando Springs Road) west to Wekiva Springs Road north to Sweetwater and Wekiwa Springs State Park. Wekiva itself lies west of Interstate 4 along San Lake Road. Photo taken 01/01/06.
The return ramp from the rest area forms the exit-only lane to Florida 434 (Sanlando Springs Road). Travel Florida 434 east for the cities of Longwood and Winter Springs. Longwood began as settlements created by those who remained after the end of the second Seminole Indian War in the 1800s. Early settlers established orange groves and other crops and later shops and churches.10 The downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and Longwood otherwise exists as a bedroom community for Orlando. Photo taken 01/01/06.
Florida 434 travels overall between Florida 424 (Edgewater Drive) in Orlando and Florida 50 (Colonial Drive) at University Park. A diamond interchange joins Sanlando Springs Road with Interstate 4 at Exit 94. Photo taken 01/01/06.
The final Seminole County interchange joins Florida 436 (Semoran Boulevard) with Interstate 4 at Altamonte Springs. Semoran Boulevard comprises a busy east-west surface arterial through Forest City, Altamonte Springs, Fern Park, and Casselberry. The state highway splits from U.S. 441 (Orange Blossom Trail) and arcs 25 miles east and south to the Orlando International Airport interchange of Florida 528 Toll (Beachline Expressway). Use Semoran Boulevard east to University Boulevard at Goldenrod for the University of Central Florida. Photo taken 01/01/06.
Westbound at the Exit 92 diamond interchange with Florida 436 (Semoran Boulevard). Use Florida 436 west to Seminole County and U.S. 441 north for the city of Apopka. Downtown Apopka lies 7.5 miles to the west. Altamonte Springs meanwhile encompasses all of the area surrounding Interstate 4 in southern Seminole County. City hall lies 1.9 miles east at the Altamonte Drive (Florida 436) intersection with Seminole County 427 (Ronald Reagan Boulevard). Photo taken 01/01/06.

Sources:

  1. Lake Helen, Florida - Community Information of Lake Helen Florida.
  2. City of DeLand, Florida - Virtual Tour - The History of DeLand, City of DeLand.
  3. City of Orange City, Florida -- Orange City Town History.
  4. City of Deltona - General Information - City History.
  5. History of Enterprise, Oldenterprise.org.
  6. DeBary, Florida @ Wikipedia.org.
  7. History, City of Sanford, Florida.
  8. St. Johns River @ Wikipedia.org.
  9. History, City of Lake Mary, Florida.
  10. History, City of Longwood, Florida.

Page Updated March 12, 2008.