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{{Short description|Interstate Highway in Florida, US}} {{about|the Interstate Highway in Central Florida|the state highway in the Florida Panhandle|Florida State Road 4}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox road | state = FL | type = I | route = 4 | map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|from=Interstate 4.map}} | map_custom = yes | map_notes = I-4 highlighted in red | length_mi = 132.30 | length_ref = <ref name="fhwa">{{cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=February 22, 2023 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref> | established = 1959 | direction_a = West | terminus_a = {{Jct|state=FL|I|275}} in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] | junction = <!-- Major junctions only; Only ten most major intersections and cities belong here; please read [[WP:USRD/STDS]] for more info -->{{plainlist| *{{jct|state=FL|US|41}} in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] *{{jct|state=FL|I|75}} in [[Mango, Florida|Mango]] *{{jct|state=FL|Toll|570}} beltway in [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]] *{{jct|state=FL|US|98}} in [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]] *{{jct|state=FL|US|27}} near [[Four Corners, Florida|Four Corners]] *{{Jct|state=FL|Toll|528}} near [[Doctor Phillips, Florida|Doctor Phillips]] *{{Jct|state=FL|FLTP}} in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] *{{Jct|state=FL|US|17|US|92|US|441}} in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] *{{jct|state=FL|Toll|408}} in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] *{{jct|state=FL|Toll|417|Toll|429}} beltway in [[Sanford, Florida|Sanford]] }} | direction_b = East | terminus_b = {{Jct|state=FL|I|95|SR|400}} near [[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]] | counties = [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]], [[Polk County, Florida|Polk]], [[Osceola County, Florida|Osceola]], [[Orange County, Florida|Orange]], [[Seminole County, Florida|Seminole]], [[Volusia County, Florida|Volusia]] | previous_type = SR | previous_route = 3 | next_type = SR | next_route = 4 }} '''Interstate 4''' ('''I-4''') is an [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate Highway]] located entirely within the US state of [[Florida]], maintained by the [[Florida Department of Transportation]] (FDOT). Spanning {{convert|132.30|mi|km}} along a generally southwest–northeast axis, I-4 is entirely [[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with '''State Road 400''' ('''SR 400'''). In the west, I-4 begins at an interchange with [[Interstate 275 (Florida)|I-275]] in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]. I-4 intersects with several major [[Controlled-access highway|expressways]] as it traverses [[Central Florida]], including [[U.S. Route 41 in Florida|US Highway 41]] (US 41) in Tampa; [[U.S. Route 301 in Florida|US 301]] near [[Riverview, Florida|Riverview]]; [[Interstate 75 in Florida|I-75]] near [[Brandon, Florida|Brandon]]; [[U.S. Route 98 in Florida|US 98]] in [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]]; [[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|US 27]] in unincorporated [[Davenport, Florida|Davenport]]; [[U.S. Route 192|US 192]] in [[Celebration, Florida|Celebration]]; [[Florida's Turnpike]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]; and [[U.S. Route 17 in Florida|US 17]] and [[U.S. Route 92|US 92]] in multiple junctions. In the east, I-4 ends at an interchange with [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]] in [[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]], while SR 400 continues for roughly another {{convert|4|mi|spell=in|km}} and ends at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|US 1]] on the city line of Daytona Beach and [[South Daytona, Florida|South Daytona]]. Construction on I-4 began in 1958; the first segment opened in 1959, and the entire highway was completed in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://i4ultimate.com/project-info/overview/ |title = Overview: I-4 Ultimate |publisher = Florida Department of Transportation |access-date = May 29, 2017 |archive-date = June 5, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170605055923/http://i4ultimate.com/project-info/overview/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> The "I-4 Ultimate" project oversaw the construction of [[High-occupancy toll lane|variable-toll express lane]]s and numerous redevelopments through the {{convert|21|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of highway extending from [[Kirkman Road]] (SR 435; exit 75) in Orlando to [[Florida State Road 434|SR 434]] (exit 94) in [[Longwood, Florida|Longwood]]. The project broke ground in 2015, and the express lanes opened to traffic on February 26, 2022. Previously, the [[Median strip|median]] of I-4 between Tampa and Orlando was the planned route of a now-canceled [[Florida High-Speed Corridor|high-speed rail line]];<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/us/17rail.html |title = Florida's Governor Rejects High-Speed Rail Line, Fearing Cost to Taxpayers |last = Williams |first = Timothy |newspaper = The New York Times |date = February 16, 2011 |access-date = May 29, 2017 }}</ref> however, [[Brightline]], an [[inter-city rail]] route, plans to use the I-4 [[Right-of-way (property access)|right-of-way]] for their expansion of service to Tampa. From a political standpoint, the "I-4 corridor" is a strategic region given the large number of [[undecided voter]]s in what has long been considered a [[swing state]].<ref name="Corridor">{{cite web |url = https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/floridas-i-4-corridor-where-presidents-get-picked/2301429/ |title = Florida's I-4 corridor: Where presidents get picked |last = Smith |first = Adam |work = Tampa Bay Times |date = November 4, 2016 |access-date = May 29, 2017 }}</ref><!--if this information is already present in the body of the article, then these footnotes should be added there and removed from here per [[WP:LEAD]].-->
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