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Ronald Wilson Reagan ( February 6 , 1911  June 5 , 2004 ) was an American politician and actor who was the 40th President of the United States , from 1981 to 1989 . Before his presidency , he was the 33rd Governor of ___MASK13___ , from 1967 to 1975 , after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader . State Road 417 ( SR 417 ) , also known as the Central Florida GreeneWay , Southern Connector and Seminole Expressway ( depending on the location ) , is a tolled limited - access state highway forming the eastern beltway around the ___MASK75___ of ___MASK27___ , Florida , United States . It is owned and maintained by the Central Florida Expressway Authority ( CFX ) and Florida ' s Turnpike Enterprise . The CFX section was posthumously named after former ___MASK27___ and ___MASK69___ Expressway Authority ( OOCEA , the predecessor organization to CFX ) chairman Jim Greene . SR 417 was originally planned to be a full beltway around ___MASK27___ . Eventually , the beltway was divided , with the west side being designated SR 429 , and the east side retaining the SR 417 designation . Florida ' s Turnpike Enterprise ( FTE ) is a business unit of the ___MASK79___ , employing private sector business practices to operate its 461 - mile system of limited - access toll highways for the benefit of Florida ' s traveling public . The current Executive Director is Diane Gutierrez - Scaccetti . Interstate 4 ( I - 4 ) is a Interstate Highway in the U . S . state of Florida , along a southwest  northeast axis from I - 275 in Tampa to I - 95 at Daytona Beach . The entirety of I - 4 overlaps nearly the entirety of State Road 400 ( SR 400 ), which extends as a contiguous , signed surface street in Daytona Beach from I - 95 to US Highway 1 ( US 1 , also SR 5 ). I - 4 has no auxiliary Interstate Highway spurs or loops ; however , it intersects several tolled expressways  designated as state roads  that serve as spur and partial loop routes in the ___MASK27___ metropolitan area , which ( unlike most major U . S . cities ) lacks any auxiliary interstate highways . Florida ( Spanish for " land of flowers ") is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico , to the north by Alabama and ___MASK82___ , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba . Florida is the 22nd most extensive , the 3rd most populous , and the 8th most densely populated of the U . S . states . ___MASK46___ is the most populous ___MASK49___ in the state and is the largest ___MASK75___ by area in the contiguous United States . The ___MASK54___ metropolitan area is Florida ' s most populous urban area . The ___MASK75___ of Tallahassee is the state capital . A county seat is an administrative center , seat of government , or capital ___MASK75___ of a county or civil parish . The term is used in the United States , Canada , Romania , China and Taiwan . In the United Kingdom and Ireland , county towns have a similar function . The Southern United States , commonly referred to as the American South , Dixie , or simply the South , is a region of the ___MASK36___ . The South does not exactly match the geographic south , but is predominantly located in the southeastern corner ; ___MASK84___ and New Mexico , which are geographically in the southern part of the country , are rarely considered part of the Southern United States , while West Virginia , which separated from Virginia in 1863 , commonly is . Some scholars have proposed definitions of the South that do not coincide neatly with state boundaries . While the states of Delaware and Maryland , as well as the District of Columbia permitted slavery prior to the start of the Civil War , they remained with the Union . Since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s , they became more culturally , economically , and politically aligned with the industrial Northern states , and are often identified as part of the Mid - Atlantic and / or Northeast by many residents , businesses , public institutions , and private organizations . However , the United States Census Bureau puts them in the South . Central Florida is a region of the U . S . state of Florida . Different sources give different definitions for the region , but as its name implies it is usually said to comprise the central part of the state , including the Tampa Bay and ___MASK27___ area . It is one of Florida ' s three best known " directional " regions , along with North Florida and South Florida . It consist of the following counties : Brevard County , Citrus County , Hardee County , Hernando County , Hillsborough County , Indian River County , Lake County , Manatee County , Marion County , ___MASK69___ , Osceola County , Pasco County , Pinellas County , Polk County , Seminole County , Sumter County , and Volusia County . Greater ___MASK27___ , commonly referred to as the ___MASK27___ metropolitan area , Metro ___MASK27___ , and for U . S . Census purposes as the ___MASK27___  Kissimmee  Sanford , Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area , is a metropolitan area in the central region of the U . S . state of Florida . Its principal cities are ___MASK27___ , Kissimmee and Sanford . The U . S . Office of Management and Budget defines it as consisting of the counties of Lake , Orange ( including ___MASK27___ ), Osceola , and Seminole . ___MASK27___ is a city in the U . S . state of Florida and the county seat of ___MASK69___ . Located in Central Florida , it is the center of the ___MASK27___ metropolitan area , which had a population of 2 , 387 , 138 , according to U . S . Census Bureau figures released in March 2016 , making it the 24th - largest metropolitan area in the United States , the sixth - largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States , and the third - largest metropolitan area in Florida . As of 2015 , ___MASK27___ had an estimated city - proper population of 270 , 934 , making it the 73rd - largest city in the United States , the fourth - largest city in Florida , and the state ' s largest inland city . The Central Florida Expressway Authority ( CFX ) is an expressway authority responsible for construction , maintenance and operation of toll roads in four counties of Greater ___MASK27___ ( Lake , Orange , Osceola , and Seminole Counties ). It was created in 2014 to replace the ___MASK27___  ___MASK69___ Expressway Authority ( OOCEA ), which only had authority in ___MASK69___ , and as of 2016 no roads outside that county have been added to the system . Other toll roads in the area are operated by Florida ' s Turnpike Enterprise ( successor to the Seminole County Expressway Authority ) and the Osceola County Expressway Authority ; with the latter of which possibly merging into CFX some time after 2018 . ___MASK54___ is a seaport city at the southeastern corner of the U . S . state of Florida and its Atlantic coast . As the seat of ___MASK54___ - Dade County , the municipality is the principal , central , and most populous of its metropolitan area and part of the second - most populous metropolis in the southeastern United States . According to the U . S . Census Bureau , ___MASK54___ ' s metro area is the eighth - most populous and fourth - largest urban area in the U . S ., with a population of around 5 . 5 million . The ___MASK79___ ( FDOT ) is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment , maintenance , and regulation of public transportation in the state of Florida . The department was formed in 1969 . It absorbed the powers of the State Road Department ( SRD ). The current Secretary of Transportation is Jim Boxold . Florida ' s Turnpike , designated as the ___MASK65___ Turnpike , and originally known as the Sunshine State Parkway , is a north  south toll road that runs through 11 counties in the Florida peninsula , from U . S . Route 1 in Florida City , running through Miami , Fort Lauderdale , West Palm Beach where it parallels Interstate 95 , and Orlando where it crosses Interstate 4 , to its northern terminus at Interstate 75 near Wildwood .