Editing Eagle Lake, Florida (section)

==Transportation==
The main highway going through town is [[U.S. Route 17 in Florida|U.S. 17]]. At the southern end of town, the highway divides into two three-three lane one way segments, with the northbound section on 5th Street and the southbound segment on 4th Street. On the north side of town, the two segments converge to become. a six-lane divided highway. US 17 leads northward to [[Winter Haven, Florida|Winter Haven]] and southward to [[Bartow, Florida|Bartow]]. Eagle Lake also intersects with [[County Road 540 (Polk County, Florida)#County Road 540|County Road 540]]. This thoroughfare provides access to [[State Road 570 (Florida)|State Road 570]] and [[U.S. Route 98 in Florida|U.S. 98]] for travel to nearby [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland, FL]], and major metropolitan cities [[Tampa, Fl|Tampa]] and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]. 
Eagle Lake is also located close to [[Bartow Municipal Airport]]. This location provides a travel hub for private flights in and out of the Central Florida area.