{"id":295719,"date":"2026-06-04T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/295719\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:51:09","slug":"fdot-plans-fix-for-sr-528-floridas-turnpike-and-orange-blossom-trail-interchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/295719\/","title":{"rendered":"FDOT plans fix for SR-528, Florida\u2019s Turnpike, and Orange Blossom Trail interchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 It\u2019s constant confusion and frustration, along a busy area in Orange County where three major roads all converge \u2014 State Road 528 meets the Turnpike and Orange Blossom Trail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Improvements are coming to the area, as leaders will be taking a closer look at FDOT\u2019s design during the Metroplan Municipal Advisory Committee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The idea is to add more ramps to the area with the goal of minimizing congestion, confusion, and ultimately accommodating future widening of the turnpike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Right now, FDOT is in the third phase, which is the design phase. Two more phases follow &#8211; the right-of-way acquisition and construction. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/floridasturnpike.com\/turnpike-projects\/featured-projects\/orlando-south\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/floridasturnpike.com\/turnpike-projects\/featured-projects\/orlando-south\/\">HERE <\/a>for more details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">News 6\u2019s Amy Russo, who is relatively new to Orlando, drove the area for the first time and calls it \u201cconfusing to say the least.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 bTVksG\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 It\u2019s constant confusion and frustration, along a busy area in Orange County where three major&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,7162,12744,1335,729],"class_list":["post-295719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-floridas-turnpike","tag-orange-blossom-trail","tag-orange-county","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}