{"id":84044,"date":"2026-10-09T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=84044"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:01:35","slug":"sr-33-bridge-demolition-over-i-4-detours-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/10\/09\/sr-33-bridge-demolition-over-i-4-detours-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"SR 33 Bridge Demolition Over I-4: Detours & Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has announced upcoming traffic changes and detours starting Sunday, October 11, 2026<\/strong>, for the demolition of the State Road 33 bridge over Interstate 4<\/strong> in Polk County.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n

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Key details to keep in mind regarding this phase of the I-4 at SR 33 interchange improvement project include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Project Scope:<\/strong> Crews are demolishing the existing overpass as part of the major interchange reconstruction project designed to boost safety, increase capacity, widen SR 33, and incorporate new roundabouts and wildlife crossings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Impact & Detours:<\/strong> Motorists traveling through the area should expect significant shifts and follow posted detour signs around the I-4 and SR 33 interchange. Drivers are urged to allow extra travel time, exercise caution, or seek alternate routes to avoid anticipated delays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has announced upcoming traffic changes and detours starting Sunday, October 11, 2026, for the demolition of the State Road 33 bridge over Interstate 4… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84046,"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":"","_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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzEwXC91bm5hbWVkLTUud2VicCIsInR4dCI6IlNSIDMzIEJyaWRnZSBEZW1vbGl0aW9uIE92ZXIgSS00OiBEZXRvdXJzICYjMDM4OyBEZWxheXMiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.g3OuMlR9rFradKCmDHJkeYTTWOYupuX9NvHsDA_ABBkMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzEwXC91bm5hbWVkLTUud2VicCIsInR4dCI6IlNSIDMzIEJyaWRnZSBEZW1vbGl0aW9uIE92ZXIgSS00OiBEZXRvdXJzICYgRGVsYXlzIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.negeB17MocViagkgxmfKnIbkvoJVgiyLgEBVIc0z_dwMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[17942,15647,16323,17944,15691,15646,17945],"class_list":["post-84044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-bridge-demolition","tag-fdot","tag-florida-transportation","tag-interstate-4","tag-road-construction","tag-state-road-33","tag-traffic-detours"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84044","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=84044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84047,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84044\/revisions\/84047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}