Towns in Orange County, Florida - Windermere, Florida, Oakland, Florida, Eatonville, Florida (Paperback)

Chapters: Windermere, Florida, Oakland, Florida, Eatonville, Florida. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Windermere, Florida - Windermere is located on an isthmus between several lakes in the Lake Butler chain. As such, it is on the shortest road route between the east and west sides of the chain. In fact, the next crossing to the south is 7.5 miles (12 km) south at Lake Buena Vista, where County Road 535 (CR 535) and Apopka-Vineland Road meet. The next crossing to the north is at Gotha, the north end of the chain of lakes, 2.25 miles (3.5 km) to the north. 2003 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT), much of which is commuters passing through, is 17,197 vehicles per day for Sixth Avenue (the east entrance), 18,362 on Main Street north of Sixth Avenue, and 9,484 on Main Street south of Sixth Avenue. Windermere tries to regulate traffic and encourages traffic to use alternate routes. In 2004, two roundabouts were installed downtown with the largest public works project in the town's history. This has greatly improved traffic flow and relieved cut through traffic. A third roundabout will be started in late 2008 which should improve the other area of congestion at the intersection of Park Avenue and Maguire Road. This is at the Windermere Elementary School intersection. All roads in the downtown area (laid out in a grid) are dirt roads except for a few through roads: These signs appear on light poles at borders of the business district at the center of downtown. Signs on Apopka-Vineland Road, 1.5 miles (2.5 km) east of downtown, warn heavy vehicles to stay out of Windermere. Through traffic is banned from using this street to bypass congestion during rush hours.Until the 1980s, Main Street north of Sixth Avenue and Sixth Avenue east of Main Street were...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=109564