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==Transportation== ===Aviation=== [[Plant City Airport]] is a public-use [[airport]] located {{convert|2|mi|km}} southwest of the [[central business district]]. ===Railroad=== [[Plant City Union Depot]] served both the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] (ACL) and [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] even after their merger into the [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]] until passenger service ceased operations in 1971.<ref name="AboutUs">{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.willafordrailroadmuseum.com/aboutus|website=Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum|access-date=October 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603120037/https://www.willafordrailroadmuseum.com/aboutus|archive-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref> It has been on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since 1975.<ref name="NRHPNomination">{{Cite web|last=Englehardt|first=Gary|date=April 1975|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form β Plant City Union Depot|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/fb286121-cfe7-4660-b443-f5f8139d42ec|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=October 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228160229/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/fb286121-cfe7-4660-b443-f5f8139d42ec|archive-date=February 28, 2020}}</ref> The east-west ACL tracks cross the north-south Seaboard tracks at a 90-degree angle at the southeast corner of the station, forming a [[level junction|diamond junction]]. Both tracks are now owned and run by Class 1 railroad [[CSX Transportation|CSX]]. [[Amtrak]]'s [[Floridian (train)|Floridian]] & [[Silver Meteor]] trains uses the line's west-to-eastbound ACL tracks, although it does not stop at the station. A train observation deck is present where railfans can watch CSX freight trains and the Amtrak Floridian & Silver Meteor train pass, as well as an 24/7 online webcam operated by YouTube channel Virtual Railfan.<ref name="AboutUs"/> The closest other passenger stations are [[Tampa Union Station|Tampa]] or [[Lakeland station|Lakeland]]. ===Major highways=== *{{jct|state=FL|I|4}} ([[Interstate 4]]) <!-- is the main interstate in central Florida linking Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando, and Daytona Beach. Interchanges include Exit 19 (FL 566), Exit 21 (FL 39 and 39A) and Exit 22 (FL 553).--> *{{jct|state=FL|US|92}} <!-- was the route leading to both Tampa and Orlando before I-4 was built; US 92 is still a main road leading to Tampa and Saint Petersburg going west, and Lakeland, Auburndale, Haines City and Kissimmee going east. The road is a one-way pair in Dade City, eastbound along Thonotosassa Road and Reynolds Street, and westbound along Baker Street.--> *{{jct|state=FL|FL|39}} <!--is the main south-to-north route through Plant City. It runs north along James L. Redman Parkway, then makes a sharp turn along the former wester Plant City Truck Route 39, West Alexander Street which curves north towards the Paul S. Buchman Highway continuing north through Zephyrhills.--> *{{jct|state=FL|FL|39A}} <!-- is a former segment of SR 39. It runs along Collins Street until downtown where it shares the one-way pair with US 92 for two blocks, then continues onto Wheeler Street, then becomes the Paul S. Buchman Highway until it reaches SR 39 in [[Knights, Florida|Knights]]--> *{{jct|state=FL|FL|553}} <!--is a mostly unsigned section of Park Road from US 92 to I-4 at Exit 22. The road also serves as part of the connection to the eastern SR 39 Truck Route. --> *{{jct|state=FL|FL|566}} <!--runs along Thonotosassa Road which serves mainly as a connecting spur between I-4 and US 92. At one time, it also included a hidden extension along eastbound US 92 which terminated at SR 574.--> *{{jct|state=FL|FL|574}} <!-- is a state highway that runs from Northwest Tampa to eastbound US 92. At one time, it contained a hidden extension along eastbound US 92 until the eastern terminus of the one-way pair.-->
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