With a record $400 million in state and federal funding for the county’s five-year Transportation Improvement Program projects, work will begin on the long-awaited Oslo Road Interstate 95 interchange in 2023, with construction slated to take three years to complete.
According to Florida Department of Transportation District 4, the estimated $85.4 million I-95 interchange project will go out to bid next March, with the goal of moving dirt by summer.
FDOT has already begun acquiring the right-of-way needed to build the interchange.
The first part of the major multi-million-dollar project involves widening and, in some cases, reconfiguring existing roadways to alleviate anticipated congestion and capacity issues. This includes widening Oslo Road from two lanes to four lanes between 58th Avenue and I-95 – a continuation of the previous project that widened Oslo from U.S. 1 to 58th.
The project also will see replacement of the existing Oslo Road bridge over I-95 and construction of a fully lighted interchange with partial cloverleaf ramps.
There will be a new signalized intersection at Oslo and 66th Avenue SW and roadway improvements along 74th, 66th and 58th avenues.
Eighty-second Avenue will be re-aligned at Oslo Road; the 86th Avenue connection to Oslo Road will be eliminated; and 13th Street SW will be constructed to connect 86th Avenue SW with 90th Avenue.
Residents living near the construction can expect the usual work crews and slow-downs, but the FDOT said “all lanes will remain open during construction” and that “access to businesses and private properties will be provided at all times.”
A public meeting about the project will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Indian River State College Richardson Center Mueller Campus.
