Florida State Road 520
State Road 520 | ||||
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 SR 520 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 34.522 mi[1] (55.558 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945 renumbering (definition)–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 50 near Bithlo | |||
 I-95 in Cocoa US 1 in Cocoa SR 3 in Merritt Island | ||||
| East end |  SR A1A in Cocoa Beach | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Counties | Orange, Brevard | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Road 520 (SR 520) is a 34.5-mile (55.5 km) east–west
Route description
It runs from SR 50 in
From 2002 to 2007, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) widened the 22-mile (35 km) stretch to four lanes. The stretch had garnered the nickname "Bloody 520" for the numerous fatalities that had occurred on this stretch.[2]
History
SR 206 was legislated in 1931 to run from
A 1935 law extended SR 206 west to Orlando along the planned Cocoa–Orlando Highway, which used Lake Road in the Cocoa area.
SR 70 was defined in 1933, running from SR 206 at Merritt Island east over the Banana River to
Finally, SR 418 was defined along the existing Taylor Creek Road, running from pre-1945 SR 22 at Christmas south to the Osceola County line, crossing the planned SR 206 about two-thirds of the way.
By the
The section west of Cocoa was built in the 1950s. It used very little of the existing Taylor Creek Road, instead being built further west, joining SR 50 much closer to Bithlo than Christmas. At some point,
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | Bithlo | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 50 – Orlando, Titusville | |
| | 8.89 | 14.31 |     SR 528 to I-4 – Cape Canaveral, Cocoa, Titusville, Beaches, International Airport | Exit 31 on SR 528 (Beachline Expressway) | |
| | 15.122 | 24.336 |  CR 532 (Nova Road) – St. Cloud | ||
| St. Johns River | 18.206 | 29.300 | Bridge | ||
| Brevard | | 21.150 | 34.038 |   SR 524 east | Western terminus of SR 524 |
SR 9 ) | |||||
| | 25.569 | 41.149 | Clearlake Road ( SR 501 north) | Southern terminus of SR 501 | |
| Cocoa | 26.324 | 42.364 |   SR 519 south (Fiske Boulevard) – Armory | Northern terminus of SR 519 | |
| 26.933 | 43.344 | SR 5 | |||
| Indian River | 27.8 | 44.7 | Merritt Island Causeway | ||
CR 3 south) | |||||
| 28.912 | 46.529 |  SR 3 north (Courtenay Parkway) | |||
| Banana River | 32.1 | 51.7 | Merritt Island Causeway | ||
| Cocoa Beach | 34.522 | 55.558 | SR A1A – Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Patrick Space Force Base | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Former State Road 520A
State Road 520A | |
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| Location | Lake Poinsett–Cocoa |
| Length | 0.6 mi (970 m) |
| Existed | 2000 |
Until about 1980,[
References
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014
- ^ Laurin, Sellers (June 17, 2002). "Work on Perilous SR 520 is under way" (PDF). Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2004.
- ^ Brevard County Plat Book #8 (PDF) (Map). Brevard County, FL. 1936. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-08-07.
- ISBN 1-56251-550-0.
- ^ Champion Map of Cocoa and Melbourne (Map). Champion Map. 1975.
External links
Media related to Florida State Road 520 at Wikimedia Commons- Florida Route Log (SR 520)
