Polk Parkway East - FL-570 - Lakeland - Florida - 4K Highway Drive
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- Eastbound drive of the FULL Polk Parkway Toll Road around Lakeland, FL. Video begins at the western interchange with I-4 and end back on I-4 after the eastern interchange.
Filmed: March 2021
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From Wikipedia:
The Polk Parkway, also known as Florida State Road 570 (SR 570/FL 570), is a 24-mile (39 km), limited-access toll road which runs through Polk County, Florida. It is operated as part of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise system of limited-access expressways. The Polk Parkway mainly serves as a beltway around Lakeland forming a semicircle, which along with I-4 circumscribes most of the city limits of Lakeland.
As part of Florida's Turnpike network, SunPass, E-Pass, and LeeWay electronic toll collection are recognized along with coin collection at toll plazas and interchange ramps. The Polk Parkway does not, however, employ open road tolling like numerous other toll roads in Florida.
The Polk Parkway provides easier access to Interstate 4 from Polk County cities Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, Mulberry, and Auburndale, as well as providing quick routes from city to city. The road is signed east-west, although the section from SR 540 (exit 14) to the eastern I-4 junction runs nearly south to north. The control cities for the highway's signage are Tampa (westbound) and Orlando (eastbound). The Polk Parkway is a four lane divided expressway for most of its length, although between Old Dixie Highway (Exit 18) and 0.5-mile (0.80 km) south of Pace Road (exit 23), the highway is a two-lane expressway, with one lane in each direction. As of 2015, the toll is $1.25 cash or $1.06 with SunPass at the three mainline toll plazas and $0.00-0.75 cash or $0.00-$0.53 with SunPass at junctions. The maximum toll for any trip along the Polk Parkway is $3.75 cash or $3.18 with SunPass.
The Polk Parkway begins at Interstate 4 near the Hillsborough-Polk County line west of Lakeland. Until reaching Harden Boulevard (exit 5), the Polk Parkway passes through mostly undeveloped land. Just east of Airport Road (exit 3), the highway passes a large building with a green glass facade, which is the corporate headquarters for Publix Supermarkets. Before reaching exit 4, the highway runs a half mile northeast of Lakeland Linder International Airport-a large general aviation airport-passing beneath the path of air traffic on Runway 5/23. Between Harden Boulevard (exit 5) and South Florida Avenue (exit 7), the Polk Parkway was built along the alignment of Drane Field Road, which is now truncated at Harden Boulevard and continues to South Florida Avenue as frontage roads along the Polk Parkway.[citation needed] The first mainline toll plaza is located between South Florida Avenue and Lakeland Highlands Road. The eastbound exit and westbound entrance at SR 540 (exit 1) are located at the Central Toll Plaza. After crossing De Castro Road, the Polk Parkway curves to the north, passing the only operating landfill in Polk County. Along the curve is the westbound exit and eastbound entrance of the SR 540 junction, which is the location of the planned interchange with the future Central Polk Parkway. The Polk Parkway continues north for the remainder of its length. A 4 mi (6.4 km) segment between Old Dixie Highway and Pace Road is a two-lane highway; the only overpass along this segment was built to accommodate a second carriageway west of the current highway. About midway between Old Dixie Highway and Pace Road is the Eastern Toll Plaza. The Pace Road interchange collects tolls with SunPass only and was added to the highway in 2011 to provide access to Florida Polytechnic University, located on the southwest corner of the I-4/Polk Parkway interchange.
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This video was nice, relaxing, & satisfying to see. Watching the video reminded of the good times I had traveling to central Florida.
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Love this video, keep up the great work!!
This part of not only the Polk prky but Lakeland is such a beutiful place I always drive down to central Florida and usually take my last exit on the Polk parkway so this is nice
finally someone record that toll road.
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I loved using this when I lived in Lakeland
It was pretty surprising to see the two-lane part. You don’t see that too often.
Nice video! Glad that you got a video of this road before the Florida Turnpike Enterprise gets underway with a lot of changes on the Polk Parkway!
The two-lane section (one lane in each direction) of the Parkway will be widened to four lanes (two lanes each way). The toll plaza that's there right now will be demolished and replaced with an AET gantry as well as a new interchange at Braddock Road. Construction should be underway by now and to be completed by 2024.
Also, this toll road will undergo a conversion to AET sometime either this year or next year (construction is scheduled for FY 2021).
Thanks for the info that’s good to hear. I was kind of surprised when I saw that the road contracted down to just two lanes so the four lanes will be very welcomed. That AET will make it a much smoother trip as well.
I like how the I-4 here and I-75 tampa concrete have a faster sound than the other areas
That's because you can go 70 mph on it and in Lakeland, the concrete is grooved even where there isn't a bridge surface
@@w-josh But I mean like how the I-275's concrete is slower although whenever im on it im going often 80-100
@@w-josh And it seems that most florida concrete roads have a rough grooving of some sort, but places like Indianapolis have a bridgelike sound while on concrete, also recently while on selmon expressway, i was parked because of being unsure where to go, and i noticed how deep the grooving is on the bridge. Interesting stuff :)
@@amaledwards idk how you could go that speed Downtown Tampa, traffic is usually to bad to really go over 30 MPH during rush hour (s)
@@w-josh Eh its just maintained by left-laning and probably driving out of rush hour times (if that means a 9:30 am - 10:30 am time pool), however doing stuff like that during later times of the day is difficult, although I am on the 275 2 times every sunday, and of course the second time is coming back, potential traffic.
This is nice ☺️
Lol I always wondered what’s down that Highway everytime I go pass it on I-4
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NIce, but to be accurate, you were in lakeland City Limits when you exited I-4 on the Polk Parkway ( not Polk County) and were back into Lakeland City Limits before you approached I-4 again on the East Side. Also, the off ramp at I-4 is also inside the Lakeland City Limits. Just saying.
Actually the Eastern End interchange with I-4 (exit 44) of the Polk Parkway does only partially belong to Lakeland. Only the Eastbound on and off ramps. The East and Westbound Mainline of I-4 and Westbound on and off ramps are outside Lakeland city limits. That either can be considered rural Polk County or even unincorporated Polk City.
This is according to a Lakeland city limits map and Polk County property appraiser.
Amazing video mike what interstate was your favorite one you have driven on
When did you leave for Florida on?
So far for Florida it’s I-95 in Miami. Videos coming soon.
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