Editing Interstate 4 (section)

===Greater Orlando===
[[File:FL 2 I4 FHWA 62 63 75280 3417.jpg|thumb|right|Parking lots under I-4 in Downtown Orlando, 1962]]
As Orlando grew in the 1970s and 1980s, traffic became a growing concern, especially after the construction of the original interchange with the [[East–West Expressway (Orlando)|East–West Expressway]] in 1973, which proved to become a principal bottleneck. The term "highway hostages" was coined in the 1980s to describe people stuck in long commutes to and from Orlando on I-4.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Kunerth |first1 = Jeff |title = Atlanta's Road Work Nearly Finished - For Now |url = https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-07-03-8907030217-story.html |access-date = August 7, 2021 |work = Orlando Sentinel |date = July 3, 1989 }}</ref>

[[File:Altamonte-springs.JPG|thumb|300px|I-4 in Altamonte Springs]]
[[File:Orlando, Florida - Downtown from I-4 East.jpg|thumb|I-4 east toward Downtown Orlando]]

In the early-to-mid-1990s, several interchanges near Kissimmee were constructed or upgraded to accommodate increasing traffic going to and from Walt Disney World. However, I-4's mainlanes were not widened in the process. Around the same time, SR&nbsp;417 was extended to I-4.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} Improvements to the US&nbsp;192 junction were completed in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |author = Staff |url = http://www.trans4mation.org/?id=169 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070503151428/http://www.trans4mation.org/?id=169 |url-status = dead |archive-date = May 3, 2007 |title = US&nbsp;192 Interchange_Project Overview |work = Trans4mation |publisher = Florida Department of Transportation |access-date = November 27, 2011 }}</ref>

The [[St. Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge]], a two-span, six-lane replacement to the original four-lane bridge over the [[St. Johns River]] northeast of Orlando, was completed in 2004.

During the early 2000s, [[toll road|tolled]] [[High-occupancy toll lane|express lanes]] were being planned in the Orlando area as a traffic congestion relief technique for [[rush-hour]] commuters. The name for them was to be Xpress 400, numbered after the state road designation for I-4. The express lanes were slated to extend from [[Universal Orlando]], east to SR&nbsp;434 in [[Longwood, Florida|Longwood]], and tolls were to be [[electronic toll collection|collected electronically]] via transponders like [[SunPass]] and [[Central Florida Expressway Authority]]'s [[E-PASS]], with prices dependent on the congestion of the eight mainlanes. However, the project was effectively banned by the passage of the [[Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users]] federal transportation bill in 2005, introduced by US Representative [[John Mica]]. The plan for tolled express lanes is now moving forward as part of the $2.3-billion I-4 Ultimate project.

Interim improvements to the interchange at [[Florida State Road 408|SR&nbsp;408]] were completed at the end of 2008.<ref>{{cite web |author = Staff |url = http://www.trans4mation.org/?id=166 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070218021123/http://www.trans4mation.org/?id=166 |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 18, 2007 |title = I-4 Trans4mation (FSTR 408 Interchange Project) |work = Trans4mation |publisher = Florida Department of Transportation |access-date = November 27, 2011 }}</ref> The eastbound exit to Robinson Street ([[Florida State Road 526|SR&nbsp;526]]) permanently closed on April 25, 2006, to make way for construction of the new eastbound onramp from [[Florida State Road 408|SR&nbsp;408]].<ref>{{cite news |publisher = [[Central Florida News 13]] |location = Orlando |url = http://cfn13.com/StoryHeadline.aspx?id=15141 |title = On the Move |date = April 25, 2006 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060524030747/http://www.cfn13.com/StoryHeadline.aspx?id=15141 |archive-date = May 24, 2006 }}</ref> The westbound offramp to Gore Street was permanently closed in the same project on November 2, 2008.

The new [[overpass]] from I-4 west to [[John Young Parkway]] (CR&nbsp;423) opened the morning of April 27, 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Hamburg |first1 = Jay |title = Rising above I-4 Crowds |url = http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/custom/growth/orl-newramp2606apr26,0,4440651.story?coll=orl-news-growth-headlines |access-date = May 11, 2021 |work = [[Orlando Sentinel]] |date = April 26, 2006 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20210511040612/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2006-04-26-newramp26-story.html |archive-date = May 11, 2021 |url-status = unfit }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher = [[WESH]]-TV |location = Daytona Beach |url = http://www.wesh.com/news/9017982/detail.html |title = Changes Under Way on I-4 |date = April 26, 2006 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120206160300/http://www.wesh.com/news/9017982/detail.html |archive-date = February 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher = Central Florida News 13 |location = Orlando |url = http://cfn13.com/StoryHeadline.aspx?id=15164 |title = On the Move |date = April 26, 2006 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>