Florida State Road 551
State Road 551 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length | 8.785 mi[1] (14.138 km) | |||
| Existed | 1947–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 15 in southeast Orlando | |||
 SR 408 in Azalea Park | ||||
| North end |  SR 426 at Goldenrod | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Florida | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Road 551 (SR 551), locally known as Goldenrod Road and Palmetto Avenue, forms a north–south surface street bypass of Orlando to the east.
Route description
The Goldenrod Road Extension, a Central Florida Expressway Authority project, connects to SR 551 just north of SR 15 and goes south to SR 528. South of this intersection, the road becomes known as Heintzelman Boulevard and ends at the South Access Road just south of the Orlando International Airport.
History
SR 15A was assigned on December 5, 1947 along pre-1945 State Road 287:
- Beginning at a point on SR 15 in Section 23, T 23 S, R 30 E and running North approximately nine miles to intersection with SR 426 in Section 2, T 22 S, R 30 E.
Since then, two changes have been made:
- In the early 1980s, the number was changed to SR 551.
- The northernmost piece was moved from Goldenrod Road to Palmetto Avenue to get rid of two curves.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Orange County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | −0.38[2] | −0.61 | SR 15 (Hoffner Road) | ||
| | 0.000 | 0.000 | south end of state maintenance at Beatty Drive | ||
| | 2.240 | 3.605 |   SR 552 west (Curry Ford Road) | ||
| Azalea Park | 3.943 | 6.346 | Lake Underhill Road (CR 526) | ||
| 4.044 | 6.508 | SR 408 – Titusville, Orlando | SR 408 exit 16 | ||
| | 5.939 | 9.558 |  SR 50 (East Colonial Drive) – Orlando, Titusville | ||
| | 7.944 | 12.785 | University Boulevard | ||
| Goldenrod | 8.785 | 14.138 | SR 426 (Aloma Avenue) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 2014
- ^ Google Maps distance