Traffic shift opens second new Kirkman Road bridge

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The Florida Department of Transportation is advising motorists that a traffic shift will occur on Thursday for  southbound lanes of Kirkman Road (State Road 435), as a second new bridge opens at the Kirkman Road and Interstate 4 interchange. 

Multiple lane closures will happen during overnight hours on Wednesday, March 8, as the southbound lanes of Kirkman are shifted to a newly-constructed bridge over westbound I-4. The traffic shift is scheduled to be ready for morning commuters on Thursday, March 9. 

As part of the I-4 Ultimate project, more than 140 bridges will be widened, added or replaced when the project is completed in 2021.