CSX Railroad begins terminal project
PHOTO BY CATHY PALMER
Evansville Western Railroad, a subsidiary of CSX, is building this access road tentatively named Pollard Road, from State Road 60 into the 932-acre site of the CSX Intermodal Terminal in south Winter Haven. The new road is about halfway between Bartow and Lake Wales on the north side of SR 60. When the road is completed in late August, construction on the terminal is expected to begin.
After five years of planning and another month of road construction, work may begin in earnest on the CSX Railroad intermodal transfer terminal in southeast Winter Haven, according to CSX construction Project Manager Ron Morrow.
Presently, motorists on State Road 60 between Bartow and Lake Wales can see extended turn lanes being built and a divided road taking shape on the north side of 60. Morrow said work on the road, presently being called Pollard Road, started in February and is now beginning to take on the two-lane divided roadway’s final configuration. Morrow would not discuss the cost for the road or terminal, citing CSX’s policy not to divulge such information.
