HomeMy WebLinkAboutSmooth Out Curve-1992 City starts
to Smooth They also will add turn lanes
into the park and complete the
park's Curve crews Ro @d c crews alaq'wiR install
lights,the CSX railroad tracks,which the
❑Winter Springs hopes park entrance road crosses.
tO have the realignment City officials had hoped the
Of Waj iteT'$LUNG, state Department,of Transporta-
tion would push ahead its plans to
finished by.lune. ,
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ay OFTI Elaine Bennett City begins to iron out Wagner's Curve
OF TIC SENTINEL STAFF
WINTER SPRINGS— The city
soon may have to come up with a ROAD from 1-1 .
new name for Wagner's Curve. '
Within the next two months, widen and realign the road.
motorists no longer will have to
slow to 15 mph to get around the State planners, though, said
90-degree curve on State Road they would be unable to complete
434. the project ahead of schedule be-
They should be able to handle cause the agency had not yet ob-
the curve safely at 35 mph once tamed a tight-of-way for that pot-
the city completes a $120,000 re- non of the road's expansion.
alignment in June. By the spring
of 1096 state road work on S.R. DOT plans to spend about$4.77
434 should straighten the road million to widen the two-lane S.R. - �
even more. 434 between State Road 419 and } ^t,
The project calls for reducing Tuskawilla Road to four lanes
the curve to 11 degrees and mov- starting in the spring of 1990. YR r
ing it to the south and farther At that time, DOT will tear up Q. 'tear
from the entrance to the city's 59- the portion of road currently be-
acre • ` .." .;.
acre Central Winds Park being DENNIS weussmaas.
built at the curve's northern edge. ing built by the city and again re-
During the realignment, motor- align the curve so motorists can Workers realigning the 90-degree curve on S.R. 434 also will add
isle will use a temporary two-lane safely make the curve at 45 mph. turn lanes into Central Winds Park and finish the park's entrance.
bypass road being built south of
the new section of S.R. 434, pro-
ject manager Bob Farley said.
Once the bypass is completed,
road crews will start work on the
new roadway and shut down the Q o F.
existing Wagner's Curve, Farley
said.