{"id":41304,"date":"2024-01-23T20:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=41304"},"modified":"2024-01-23T20:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:01:48","slug":"eastbound-i-4-near-kathleen-road-to-close-overnight-as-crews-work-on-construction-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/01\/23\/eastbound-i-4-near-kathleen-road-to-close-overnight-as-crews-work-on-construction-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastbound I-4 near Kathleen Road to close overnight as crews work on construction project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heads up, drivers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning at 10 p.m. Tuesday, the eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 near Kathleen Road in Lakeland will be closed for several hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/af2fc2f7-2021-4673-9bad-5fc5b1e37f20_750x422.jpg?resize=750%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/af2fc2f7-2021-4673-9bad-5fc5b1e37f20_750x422.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/af2fc2f7-2021-4673-9bad-5fc5b1e37f20_750x422.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/project\/201217-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Florida Department of Transportation said in a news release&nbsp;<\/a>the closure is to help crews move a crane across the eastbound lanes to the median.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get around the area, drivers can detour at U.S. 92 and head east to North Florida Avenue, make a left and go north to get back on the interstate, officials say.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traffic signs and law enforcement officers will be near the area to help drivers use the correct detour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Use caution and schedule extra time to arrive at your destination,&#8221; the news release reads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The westbound lanes of 1-4 will not be affected during the closure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FDOT says the crane being moved will be used to assist with a project that includes replacing the existing 250-foot CSX railroad bridge with two new 400-foot bridges. This will provide for CSX double tracking and help the future expansion of the interstate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project reportedly costs $26 million and first began in 2021. It&#8217;s scheduled to be completed this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the project, click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/project\/201217-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up, drivers.&nbsp; Beginning at 10 p.m. Tuesday, the eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 near Kathleen Road in Lakeland will be closed for several hours.&nbsp; The Florida Department of Transportation&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[7365],"class_list":["post-41304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-eastbound-i-4-near-kathleen-road-to-close-overnight-as-crews-work-on-construction-project"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}