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===Highways=== The Villages development is bounded roughly by [[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|US 27]]/[[U.S. Route 441 in Florida|US 441]] to the east, [[U.S. Route 301 in Florida|US 301]] to the west, [[County Road 42 (Florida)|County Road 42]] to the north, and [[County Road 468 (Sumter County, Florida)|County Road 468]] well south of 466A with the development of several new villages, Fenney, and the Brownwood town center in that area. On December 10, 2013, The Villages of Lake-Sumter Inc. agreed to an $8 million deal to purchase the Pine Ridge Dairy tract in [[Fruitland Park, Florida]] with a planned construction of 2,038 new Villages homes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 10, 2013 |title=Villages closes $8 million deal on Fruitland Park property |newspaper=Villages-News |url= http://www.villages-news.com/villages-close-8-million-deal-fruitland-park-property/|access-date=April 28, 2015 }}</ref> Although County Road 466 previously served as the central east–west corridor, the addition of homes and facilities south of County Road 466 and in the city of [[Fruitland Park, Florida]] has turned County Road 466A into a secondary east–west corridor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 20, 2015 |title=County Road 466A now open through Wildwood to U.S. 301 |newspaper=Villages-News |url= http://www.villages-news.com/county-road-466a-now-open-through-wildwood-to-u-s-301/|access-date=April 28, 2015 }}</ref> Buena Vista Boulevard and Morse Boulevard serve as significant north–south corridors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thevillages.com/AboutUs/printableDirections.htm|title=Printable Directions to The Villages}}</ref> The construction of four additional golf cart overpasses were finished between 2020 and 2023. The Chitty Chatty Bridge, crossing [[Florida State Road 44]] near Rohan Recreation Center and Lake Deaton Plaza, opened to traffic in October 2020. A second overpass, the Brownwood Bridge, which crosses SR 44 near Brownwood Paddock Square, opened to traffic the following December. A third overpass, the Water Lily Bridge crossing [[Florida's Turnpike]] near Water Lily Recreation Center, opened in March 2021. The Southern Oaks Bridge, also crossing the Turnpike just south of the Okahumpka Service Plaza, opened in August 2023.
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