Where is the dead zone in Florida?

SANFORD, Fla. According to Charlie Carlson — a Sanford-born historian and author of “Weird Florida” — this quarter-mile stretch of I-4 is known as “The Dead Zone” and can be found along the southern part of the interstate bridge across the St. Johns River.



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