PROJECT NEWS

CFX Section 1A: Belgian Street Bridge Opens

November 2016

(APOPKA, FL) – Drivers using the Yothers Road detour will have a slightly new route beginning Tuesday, November 29. Crews building part of the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429) are scheduled to open the new Belgian Street Bridge at 10 a.m.

 

The Belgian Street Bridge will remain open until the new bridge being built for Yothers Road is completed next spring.

 

Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

 

This work is part of the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. Work on this section began in June 2015 and is scheduled to finish in late spring of 2017.

 

This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.