Interstate 4 East - I-75 to Plant City

Traffic originating from I-75 forms an auxiliary lane from the Williams Road overpass east to Exit 10 with Mango Road (CR 579).

10/01/22

CR 579 (Mango Road) connects I-4 with the community of Thonotosassa and U.S. 301 to Hillsborough River State Park. Semi trucks are restricted from the left lane of Interstate 4 from Exit 10 to Exit 67.

10/01/22

CR 579 (Mango Road) leads south from the diamond interchange (Exit 10) with I-4 through the unincorporated community of Mango. Parallel U.S. 92 (Hillsborough Avenue) leads east from CR 579 to Seffner.

10/01/22

A 6.02 mile long route, CR 579 runs north to U.S. 301 and south to SR 574 (MLK Boulevard).

10/01/22

Weigh stations line both sides of Interstate 4 between Exits 10 and 14.

10/01/22

The distance sign 2.6 miles ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 14) with McIntosh Road was a replacement made in March 2020. Lakeland lies 23 miles to the east via I-4 to SR 539 (Exit 31) and SR 563 south. Downtown Orlando is 72 miles away via South Street.

03/26/20

The weigh stations along Interstate 4 by Seffner replaced an older set of stations just west of Exit 19. The new facilities were constructed as part of a $36.7 million project between June 2007 and November 2009.¹

10/01/22

McIntosh Road crosses I-4 between Antioch and Seffner at Exit 14. A $2.651 million project from September 2020 to April 16, 2021 extended the entrance ramp from the eastbound weigh station to Exit 14.²

10/13/21

McIntosh Road connects Interstate 4 with Dover which lies midway between Mango and Plant City along SR 574.

10/13/21

The remaining two guide signs for Exit 14 are the second in a series of replacements made by May 2020 and Spring 2021. McIntosh Road continues north of Antioch and CR 580 to U.S. 301 (Fort King Highway) near Hillsborough River State Park.

10/13/21

McIntosh Road runs two miles south from Exit 14 to SR 574 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) west of Dover.

10/13/21

McIntosh Road stair steps north from I-4 to Thonotosassa Road at Antioch and south to U.S. 92 (E Hillsborough Avenue).

05/03/24

Interstate 4 passes just north of Strawberry Crest High School by this confirming marker.

06/15/13

Located seven miles ahead, Plant City is the only incorporated city in eastern Hillsborough County. 18 miles away, Lakeland represents the largest city in adjoining Polk County.

10/01/22

Continuing east, the succeeding exit on Interstate 4 is with Branch Forbes Road. Branch Forbes Road travels through rural areas between Dover and Plant City.

10/01/22

Branch Forbes Road heads 1.5 miles north from the diamond interchange (Exit 17) with I-4 to CR 580 (Thonotosassa Road west / Sam Allen Road east) and south four miles to Trapnell Road.

10/01/22

Confirming marker posted east of the Branch Forbes Road entrance ramp.

10/01/22

Four interchanges serve Plant City from Interstate 4 eastbound. This sign was knocked down by Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in Southwest Florida on September 28, 2022.

05/15/16

Forthcoming SR 566 (Thonotosassa Road) is a 0.93 mile long route linking Interstate 4 with U.S. 92 (Baker Street) in west Plant City.

09/11/22

Construction anticipated to begin in 2024 expands SR 566 (Thonotosassa Road) to four lanes below Interstate 4.

09/11/22

Thonotosassa Road continues west of SR 566 and Exit 19 toward Cork and Branch Forbes Road. SR 566 to U.S. 92 also provides a direct route to the Florida Strawberry Festival.

05/15/16

Forthcoming Exit 21 connects I-4 with both SR 39 (N Alexander Street) and SR 39A (Paul Buchman Highway). SR 39 encircles Plant City from Exit 21 south to James L. Redman Parkway, which extends SR 39 south to SR 60 at Hopewell.

10/01/22

A sound wall separates Interstate 4 east from an adjacent apartment complex by this reassurance marker posted after SR 566.

09/11/22

Exit 21 departs for SR 39 (N Alexander Street) and an eastbound service road to SR 39A (Paul Buchman Highway) north.

05/27/20

SR 39 follows Alexander Street along the west side of Plant City while Wheeler Street (CR 39) leads south from Buchman Highway (SR 39A) to Downtown along the former alignment of SR 39.

08/29/14

SR 39 was relocated westward from Wheeler Street and Buchman Highway when Alexander Street was extended north from I-4 on December 23, 2013. The realignment replaced what was SR 39A south from I-4.

10/26/19

SR 39 takes Paul S. Buchman Highway from the north end of SR 39A to Knights, Crystal Springs and Zephyrhills in Pasco County.

09/10/19

Prior to 2017, when Buchman Highway was established as State Road 39A, signs along I-4 referenced the roadway leading north from Plant City as County Road 39.

09/10/19

Park Road encircles the east side of Plant City north to CR 580 (Sam Allen Road). SR 553 overlays the arterial for 1.41 miles south from Exit 22 to U.S. 92 (Baker Street).

09/11/22

Interstate 4 turns more easterly through Plant City as Frontage Roads accompany the six lane freeway to the county line.

10/01/22

Park Road leads south to both the Plant City campus of Hillsborough County College and Plant City Stadium, a venue with 6,700 seats. Greened out on signage for Exit 22 was a tourist information center.

10/01/22

A diamond interchange (Exit 22) joins I-4 with Plant Road (SR 553/CR 580). South from U.S. 92, Plant Road continues 0.81 miles as unsigned CR 574 to Coronet Road and another 1.64 miles as CR 39B to James L. Redman Parkway (old SR 39).

09/11/22

A diamond interchange (Exit 22) joins Interstate 4 with Plant Road (SR 553 south). Plant Road becomes unsigned CR 574 south of U.S. 92 to Coronet Road and ends at Sam Allen Road one half mile north.

03/20/20

Leaving Plant City, I-4 advances two miles east to Exit 25 for County Line Road, nine miles to Lakeland and 59 miles to Downtown Orlando. Adjacent development here included a new apartment complex constructed in 2015 and a large distribution center in 2021/22.

09/11/22

County Line Road separates Hillsborough and Polk Counties south from nearby Swindell Road to SR 60 (Hopewell Road).

09/11/22

County Line Road meets U.S. 92 (New Tampa Highway) at Youmans a half mile south of Exit 25 and connects with Medulla Road east to the Florida Air Museum in 3.7 miles.

09/11/22

The exchange at Exit 25 was reconfigured into a folded diamond interchange during mid 1990s construction of Polk Parkway (SR 570).

09/11/22

An array of warehouses and logistics centers were built along County Line Road south from N Frontage Road / Swindell Road to Drane Field Road west of Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL).

10/01/22

SR 570 (Polk Parkway) begins just east of the Hillsborough County line at Exit 27. Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) converted Polk Parkway to all electronic tolling (AET) at 8 PM on September 23, 2022.

09/11/22

SR 570 (Polk Parkway) arcs three miles southeast from Interstate 4 to SR 572 and Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL).

10/01/22

Crossing the Polk County line along Interstate 4 east. Named after U.S. President James Polk and founded on February 8, 1861, Polk County is 2,011 square miles wide and home to over 700,000 residents.

09/11/22