How long would it have taken to drive from Deltona to the Publix in Lake Mary without using toll roads? Using toll roads would take approximately 23 min. one way as far as I can tell, just typing in Deltona and Publix in Lake Mary to get a route.
All JMO
There are no toll roads. I go to that Publix all the time, near her work, because one of my doctors is near her work complex. So when I leave my doc's I go across the street and up a couple blocks to that Publix.
Anyway, there are three routes I could take but I take the back way.
The back way....go down Debary Ave (past her house) and continue to US 17-92. Turn left onto 17-92 and continue to (if I recall the name correctly) Monroe Ave and turn right onto that. Continue to SR 46, turn right. Go one stoplight to Rinehart Rd, turn left. That takes me all the way to her work and Publix, about 7to 8 stoplights down.
Route I-4....get on Debary Ave, get on I-4, turn off at the Sanford Mall exit, go left to get onto SR 46, the mall is right there. Go one block further and that is Rinehart road, turn right and take it 7-8 stoplights down to Publix/her work.
Alternative back way....take Debary Ave to Hwy 17-92, turn left. Take 17-92 around Lake Monroe into Sanford, first stoplight is SR 46, turn right onto 46, take that up to Rinehart Road, turn left onto Rinehart.
My back way and alternate back way are almost the same but with the alternate I am taking the long way around Lake Monroe and then backtracking back up to Rinehart. Still, there have been times I've had to take the alternate (traffic accident, etc).
Okay....the back way and alternate are dark at night, lonely with little traffic and surrounded by woods and water. Going either of these ways takes me over the St John's river and there is a boat dock. Also, going the back way alternate around the lake there is a berm going from before the hospital and beyond where cars are pulled over all day long to fish. Not anyone there at night tho, but maybe hospital traffic once in a while at night and a restaurant/bar there just before the hospital.
Going I-4, there could be more traffic and fewer places to pull over. It's possible to pull over, ESP near woods off I-4 and there are two bridges. Quicker but a lot more risk if there were bodies to dispose of.
It takes me about 20-25 mins from the area of her house to get to my doc and that Publix. But I go in the middle of the day in lots of traffic once I get onto Rinehart Rd.
Does this help?
