Florida State Road 15

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Florida 15.svg

State Road 15

Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length340.594 mi [1] [2]  (548.133 km)
Existed1945 [3] –present
Major junctions
South endFlorida 80.svgCR 880 jct.svg SR 80  / CR 880 in Belle Glade
Major intersectionsFlorida 50.svg SR 50 in Orlando
North end US 1.svg US 23.svg US 301.svg Georgia 4.svg Georgia 15.svg US 1 / US 23 / US 301 / SR 4 / SR 15 at Georgia state line, northwest of Hilliard
Location
Country United States
State Florida
Counties Palm Beach, Martin, Okeechobee, Osceola, Orange, Seminole, Volusia, Putnam, Clay, Duval, Nassau
Highway system
Florida 14.svg SR 14 Florida 15A.svg SR 15A
SR 15 north at SR 5098 in Orlando Florida State Roads 15 and 408.jpg
SR 15 north at SR 5098 in Orlando

State Road 15 (SR 15) is part of the Florida State Road System. This route is part of a multi two-state route 15 that begins at Florida and ends at Georgia at the North Carolina state line.

Contents

Route description

SR 15 runs from SR 80/SR 880 at Belle Glade north along the east shore of Lake Okeechobee to Okeechobee. Then it runs north to SR 500 (US 192) at Holopaw, and northwest along SR 500 to Ashton (east of St. Cloud), where it ends.

County Road 15 in Osceola County and Orange County connects to the beginning of the next section, at SR 528 (the Bee Line Expressway) east of Orlando International Airport. From there, SR 15 travels north on Narcoossee Road, west on Hoffner Road, north on Conway Road through Conway, west on Lake Underhill Road, and west on South Street (northbound) and Anderson Street (southbound) on both sides of SR 408 to downtown Orlando. It then travels north on Mills Avenue and follows US 17 all the way to downtown Jacksonville. From there it follows Interstate 95 to the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, and then northwest into Georgia, as Georgia State Route 15.

SR 15 is practically unsigned, except in three places:

The rest is signed as various U.S. Highways:


History

Prior to the 1945 renumbering, the route that became SR 15 had the following numbers:

SR 15 was defined in the 1945 renumbering as:

Neither proposed route was built. The alternate route in Seminole County was going to be a bypass of Sanford, but construction of SR 400 (Interstate 4) relegated it to a minor road, and it became CR 15 in the 1980s.

The main route has stayed mostly the same. Here are the places where the route now differs:

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Palm Beach Belle Glade 0.0000.000East plate county.svg
CR 880 jct.svg
CR 880 east (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)
West plate.svg
Florida 80.svg
SR 80 west (South Main Street)
south end of SR 80 overlap
0.2420.389East Canal Street South (SR 717 east)south end of SR 717 overlap
0.2900.467West plate.svg
Florida 717.svg
SR 717 west (West Canal Street North)
north end of SR 717 overlap
3.0104.844East plate.svg
US 98.svg
South plate.svg
US 441.svg
East plate.svg
Florida 80.svg
West plate.svg
Florida 812.svg
US 98 east / US 441 south / SR 80 east / SR 812 west (Hooker Highway / truck route) Pahokee, Canal Point, West Palm Beach
north end of SR 80 overlap; south end of US 98 / US 441 overlap
see US 441 (mile 93.270-218.622)
Osceola St. Cloud 128.362206.579West plate.svg
US 192.svg
North plate.svg
US 441.svg
US 192 west / US 441 north (SR 500 north) / Hickory Tree Road (CR 534)
north end of US 192 / US 441 overlap; north end of state maintenance (south end of CR 15)
OsceolaOrange
county line
Orlando 135.759 [2] 218.483Boggy Creek Road (CR 530 west) – Kissimmee
Orange 139.6 [4] 224.7Toll Florida 417.svgAirport Sign.svg SR 417  Orlando, Sanford, Tampa, Airport SR 417 exit 22
143.342 [2] 230.687Toll Florida 528.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-4.svg
Airport Sign.svg SR 528 to I-4  Cocoa, Kennedy Space Center, International Airport
SR 528 exit 13; north end of CR 15; south (signed) end of SR 15
144.776232.994Lee Vista Boulevardsouth end of state maintenance
145.950234.884Florida 551.svg SR 551 (Goldenrod Road)
147.337237.116Florida 436.svg SR 436 (Semoran Boulevard)
Belle Isle 148.588239.129CR 506 jct.svg CR 506 (Conway Road south / Hoffner Road west)
Orlando 151.610243.993East plate.svg
Florida 552.svg
SR 552 east (Curry Ford Road)
152.522245.460West plate.svg
Toll Florida 408.svg
East plate county.svg
CR 526 jct.svg
SR 408 west / CR 526 east (Lake Underhill Road)
SR 408 exit 13
153.367246.820East plate.svg
Toll Florida 408.svg
SR 408 east
SR 408 exit 12B
153.516247.060Airport Sign.svg Crystal Lake Drive – Orlando Executive Airport former SR 526 west
154.017247.866West plate.svg
Toll Florida 408.svg
SR 408 west
SR 408 exit 12A
154.774249.085East plate.svg
Toll Florida 408.svg
SR 408 east / Mills Avenue south / South Street west Titusville
SR 408 exit 11B; former SR 5098 west
155.369250.042Florida 526.svgTo plate.svg
West plate.svg
Florida 50.svg
SR 526 (Robinson Street) to SR 50 west
155.873250.853South plate.svg
US 17.svg
West plate.svg
US 92.svg
Florida 50.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-4.svg
US 17 south / US 92 west / SR 50 (Colonial Drive / SR 600 west) to I-4
no left turn northbound; south end of US 17 / US 92 / SR 600 overlap
see US 17 (mile 138.894-285.5), I-95 (mile 351.186-353.929)
Duval Jacksonville 303.90 [2] 489.08North plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
South plate.svg
US 1.svg
I-95 north (SR 9 north / SR 115 north) / US 1 south (M.L. King Jr. Parkway / SR 115 south) International Airport, Savannah
north end of I-95 / SR 9 overlap; south end of US 1 overlap; SR 15 follows exit 354B from I-95
see US 1 (mile 508.57-545.03)
Nassau Boulogne 340.594548.133North plate.svg
US 1.svg
North plate.svg
US 23.svg
North plate.svg
US 301.svg
North plate.svg
Georgia 4.svg
North plate.svg
Georgia 15.svg
US 1 north / US 23 north / US 301 north / SR 4 north / SR 15 north Folkston, Nahunta, Waycross
Continuation to Georgia at the St. Marys River bridge
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 FDOT GIS data Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine , accessed January 2014
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