Florida State Road 46

County Road 46
County Road 46
Location	Mount Dora

Mims
Mims
East end	US 1 in Mims
Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Lake, Seminole, Volusia, Brevard
Highway system
	Florida State Highway System; Interstate; US; State Former; Pre‑1945; ; Toll; Scenic;

State Road 46 (SR 46) is an east–west route in central Florida, running from U.S. Route 441 (US 441) in Mount Dora to US 1 in Mims. Along the way, it crosses the Wekiva River and, further east, the St. Johns River near the Econlockhatchee River.

County Road 46 continues west from the western terminus to

County Road Old 441

in Mount Dora.

Route description

State Road 46 begins as Sanford Road at an at-grade intersection with US 441, where it changes from a County Road to a State Road. Here, there are direct ramp movements connecting southbound US 441 with eastbound State Route 46 and westbound State Road 46 to northbound US 441. After the intersection with Round Lake Road, SR 46 turns northeast and runs parallel to an abandoned railroad line, which it then curves away from, but then encounters at a former grade crossing in

Sanford Auto Train Station, and former passenger station. Eventually the triple-concurrency enters the City of Sanford where it is renamed West First Street. Closer to downtown Sanford the divider ends west of Avocado Avenue, but begins again before it turns south onto South French Avenue. During this triple-concurrency, US 17-92-SR 46 intersects a pair of railroad crossings at a junction of two freight lines, and then another one at the intersection of West 13th Street, also the western terminus of County Road 415. SR 46 then branches off to the east again at H.E. Thomas Jr. Parkway (County Road 46A) and 25th Street. SR 46 runs along the northern border of the Orlando Sanford International Airport, then after the southern terminus of State Road 415, uses a bridge over Lake Jesup at the St. Johns River then become Geneva Avenue as it heads southeast. East of Geneva, the road crosses the St. Johns River itself using the Mims Bridge south of Lake Harney, and entering Volusia County. The journey through Volusia is short-lived though, because the road quickly enters Brevard County and turns straight east at Southmere, where it becomes Carpenter Road. SR 46 finally enters Mims in the vicinity of Interstate 95 at Exit 223, and then ends at US 1

.

History

The intersection at the western terminus of State Route 46 and US 441 was previously a diamond interchange, but was downgraded as part of the Wekiva Parkway project.

County Road 46A previously cut through a portion of the Seminole State Forest and met State Road 46 further east, but was realigned to meet State Road 46 west of it to reduce its impact.

Between State Road 429 and the Lake-Seminole County Line, State Road 46 was realigned to follow the future alignment of State Road 429, resulting in a few segments of highway being bypassed and orphaned.

Future

SR 46 will be truncated at its interchanges with SR 453 and SR 429 when the Wekiva Parkway project is completed in 2022, resulting in two discontinuous segments.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lake	Mount Dora	0.000	0.000	west end of state maintenance
	Mount Dora	0.07	0.11	CR 46 west – Apopka, Orlando, Eustis, Tavares	interchange
		2.34	3.77	SR 453 south to SR 429 – Orlando, Daytona Beach	Interchange opened 2018, future eastern terminus of SR 46 western segment.
	CR 437 south	west end of CR 437 overlap
		4.717	7.591	CR 437 north	east end of CR 437 overlap
	CR 435 south – Apopka
		6.727	10.826	CR 46A north – Eustis
		7.626	12.273	To SR 429 – Orlando, Daytona Beach	Exit 44 on SR 429
Seminole		13.940	22.434	SR 429 south – Apopka, Mount Dora	Exit 50 on SR 429
		14.042	22.598	Longwood Markham Road ( CR 46A east)
		15.272	24.578	SR 429 south – Apopka, Mount Dora	Exit 52 on SR 429, future western terminus of SR 46 eastern segment.
		16.654	26.802	Orange Boulevard ( CR 431 )
		17.576	28.286	International Parkway to CR 46A / SR 417
		18.18	29.26	SR 400) to SR 417 – Orlando, Daytona Beach	I-4 exit 101C
	Central Florida Zoo	west end of US 17 / US 92 / SR 15 / SR 600 overlap
		20.328	32.715	Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Airport
		22.108	35.579	North French Avenue (former US 17/92 north) - Old Lake Monroe Pier 1st Street - East - Business District	Former west end of US 17 / US 92 / SR 15 / SR 600 overlap^[2]
		22.875	36.814	CR 415 north (13th Street)
		23.832	38.354	CR 46A west (H.E. Thomas Jr. Parkway) to SR 417	east end of US 17 / US 92 / SR 15 / SR 600 overlap
		24.331	39.157	Orlando-Sanford International Airport
		27.492	44.244	Airport
	CR 426 west – Oviedo, Winter Park
St. Johns River		39.924– 40.155	64.251– 64.623	State Road 46 Bridge
Volusia	No major junctions
Miami	I-95 exit 223
Miami	SR 5) – New Smyrna Beach, Titusville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Electronic toll collection

Related routes

County Road 46

County Road 46 is a county extension of State Road 46 in

CR Old 441 in the west to a diamond interchange with U.S. Route 441

and SR 46 in the east. West of Old CR 441, East First Avenue is a city street in Mount Dora.

County Road 46A (Lake County)

County Road 46A is a county suffixed route of SR 46 along the southwest side of Seminole State Forest in Lake County. It runs along East First Avenue from State Road 44 east of Mount Dora and Eustis to the west to SR 46 to the east.

County Road 46A (Seminole County)

County Road 46A is another county suffixed route of SR 46 in

Sanford

.

References

^ ^a ^b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). route.transportation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Florida State Road Atlas (American Map Corporation; 2003)

External links

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[sld-1] FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014

[1792realign2016-2] "Archived copy" (PDF). route.transportation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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