Travel News Weekly by Turnpikes.com for October 27, 2025
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Video date: October 27, 2025
In this video: A new direct link between I-95 and Florida's Turnpike edges closer to reality this week; a new extension breaks ground in Central Florida, and it's the end of Daylight Savings Time as we 'Fall Back' this weekend. Danny Pryor reports for Turnpikes.com
Full description: A minor correction: We refer to the "Greater New Orleans Causeway Commission". It should be the "Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission". A pair of Florida toll roads are undergoing or about to undergo significant changes. Florida's Turnpike could finally be getting that direct connection to I-95 in South Florida as the latest draft proposal is presented to residents and local officials. In Central Florida, the Polk Parkway's extension is getting and extension of its own, as a second phase of a new connector breaks ground. The Sunshine Skyway's south fishing pier is temporarily and indefinitely closed, but only past the bait shop; we will explain. New Orleans officials running the Pontchartrain Causeway want proposals for a cashless tolling conversion; and Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend.
