{"id":56834,"date":"2025-07-16T17:40:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=56834"},"modified":"2025-07-16T17:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:41:04","slug":"csx-corporation-will-close-north-florida-avenue-at-the-railroad-crossing-for-critical-infrastructure-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/07\/16\/csx-corporation-will-close-north-florida-avenue-at-the-railroad-crossing-for-critical-infrastructure-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"CSX CORPORATION WILL CLOSE NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning&nbsp;Saturday, July 19 at 4:00 a.m., CSX will temporarily close the&nbsp;North Florida Avenue (FL-37) railroad crossing, located between E\/W Pine Street and E\/W Main Street in Downtown Lakeland. The crossing is expected to&nbsp;reopen by Tuesday, July 22 at 10:00 p.m., weather permitting. This closure is part of a phased construction schedule to improve critical infrastructure along the CSX rail line, also known as the&nbsp;Lakeland Subdivision or the A Line.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"758381\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #758381;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"160\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56835 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-3.webp 316w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-3-300x152.webp 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To&nbsp;reinforce the detour&nbsp;and maintain safe traffic flow,&nbsp;electronic detour signage will be in place. Motorists are encouraged to&nbsp;use State Road 563\/Harden-Sikes Boulevard as an alternate route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key Details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Crossing Affected<\/strong>:\u00a0North Florida Avenue (FL-37), between E\/W Pine Street and E\/W Main Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Closure Begins<\/strong>:\u00a0Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 4:00 a.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reopening Expected<\/strong>:\u00a0Tuesday, July 22, 2025, by 10:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Detour Route<\/strong>:\u00a0SR 563 \/ Harden-Sikes Boulevard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Downtown remains open and accessible \u2014&nbsp;Downtown Lakeland businesses will remain open during the closure, and&nbsp;transit service to the area is available&nbsp;through the&nbsp;Citrus Connection. Residents and visitors can find more information on available routes by visiting:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ridecitrus.com\/services\/fixed-routes\/west-county-routes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ridecitrus.com\/services\/fixed-routes\/west-county-routes\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motorists are urged to&nbsp;plan ahead,&nbsp;follow posted detour signs, and&nbsp;use caution&nbsp;while traveling near the construction zone. For a comprehensive schedule of the CSX crossing closures, please see the map provided by CSX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/viewer?mid=19kzjzX0LUBVwwEyuoHj1QbmdTwaDy20&amp;ll=28.14140609715818%2C-81.73637269999999&amp;z=11.\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/viewer?mid=19kzjzX0LUBVwwEyuoHj1QbmdTwaDy20&amp;ll=28.14140609715818%2C-81.73637269999999&amp;z=11.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For questions or to report concerns about public road rail crossings, contact CSX Public Safety Coordination Center at&nbsp;1-800-232-0144&nbsp;or email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:TellCSX@csx.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TellCSX@csx.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning&nbsp;Saturday, July 19 at 4:00 a.m., CSX will temporarily close the&nbsp;North Florida Avenue (FL-37) railroad crossing, located between E\/W Pine Street and E\/W Main Street in Downtown Lakeland. The crossing&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDdcL2ltYWdlcy0zLndlYnA_Zml0PTMxNiUyQzE2MCZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IkNTWCBDT1JQT1JBVElPTiBXSUxMIENMT1NFIE5PUlRIIEZMT1JJREEgQVZFTlVFIEFUIFRIRSBSQUlMUk9BRCBDUk9TU0lORyBGT1IgQ1JJVElDQUwgSU5GUkFTVFJVQ1RVUkUgSU1QUk9WRU1FTlRTIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJoaWdod2F5IiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.RPmBTo6yUVnnsTVqyEs3ovajfgQ1j1z_qlJCWjoKOy4MQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":56835,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-3.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[11842],"class_list":["post-56834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-csx-corporation-will-close-north-florida-avenue-at-the-railroad-crossing-for-critical-infrastructure-improvements"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56834","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=56834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56836,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56834\/revisions\/56836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}