Florida State Road 536

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State Road 536

World Center Drive
Florida State Road 536
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length2.034 mi [1]  (3.273 km)
ExistedOctober 1, 1982–present
Major junctions
West end Walt Disney World Resort
East endFlorida 535.svg SR 535 near Lake Buena Vista
Location
Country United States
State Florida
Counties Orange
Highway system
Florida 535.svg SR 535 Toll Florida 538.svg SR 538

State Road 536 (SR 536), named World Center Drive for its entire length, is an east-west state highway that extends from Interstate 4 (I-4) near the EPCOT theme park to SR 535 in Lake Buena Vista, with the road continuing east to SR 417 (The Central Florida GreeneWay) and International Drive.

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Route description

Overhead signs on westbound World Center Drive approaching the beginning of SR 536 World Center Drive WB signs approaching FL 535-FL 536.jpg
Overhead signs on westbound World Center Drive approaching the beginning of SR 536

SR 536 begins at an interchange with I-4/SR 400 in Lake Buena Vista, with the road continuing west into the Walt Disney World Resort as Epcot Center Drive and providing access to the EPCOT theme park section of Disney World. From this interchange it heads east as six-lane divided World Center Drive, passing by two resort hotels and a golf course before intersecting with SR 535. At this intersection, SR 536 ends, with World Center Drive continuing east to International Drive and providing access to an interchange with northbound SR 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay), with the westbound lanes coming from a southbound exit of the Greeneway. [2] [3]

History

SR 536 was built in the early 1980s to serve the new EPCOT theme park, opened October 1, 1982. After the road was finished, all the land for it that had formerly been part of the Walt Disney World Resort was de-annexed from the City of Lake Buena Vista and the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Orange County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Lake Buena Vista 0.0000.000Epcot Center Drive west Walt Disney World Western terminus; continues west as Epcot Center Drive
0.5800.933I-4.svgTo plate.svg
US 192.svg
I-4 (SR 400) to US 192  Orlando, Tampa
I-4 exit 67
2.0343.273Florida 535.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-4.svg
SR 535 to I-4  Kissimmee, Orlando
Eastern terminus
To plate.svg
North plate.svg
Toll Florida 417.svg
Airport Sign.svg International Drive  / World Center Drive east to SR 417 north International Airport, Sea World, Convention Center
World Center Drive continues east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , accessed January 2014
  2. "Straight-Line Diagrams". Florida Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  3. Google (June 28, 2012). "overview of State Road 536" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
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