Florida State Road 15

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SR 15 north at SR 5098 in Orlando
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SR 15 north at SR 5098 in Orlando

State Road 15 (commonly SR 15) is part of the Florida State Road System. It 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 (the East-West Expressway) to downtown Orlando. It then travels north on Mills Avenue and continues all the way to downtown Jacksonville. From there it goes north along Main Street and west on the 20th Street Expressway, and then northwest into Georgia.

SR 15 is unsigned, except in two places:

The rest is signed as various US Highways:

SR 15 is locally maintained along Mills Avenue in Orlando from SR 526 (Robinson Street) to SR 50 (Colonial Drive).

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[edit] 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:

  • The south end of SR 15 has stayed the same, but SR 80 has moved to the north, and thus the first three miles of SR 15 is also SR 80.
  • SR 15 is now CR 15 in Osceola County and Orange County from SR 500 in Ashton to SR 528 east of Orlando International Airport.
  • SR 15 originally went from Conway to Orlando along Conway Road, but then turned west at Curry Ford Road and used Briercliff Drive, Delaney Avenue, and Gore Street to reach SR 527. The part of the old alignment on Curry Ford Road became part of SR 526A when SR 15 was moved.
  • Until around 1975, when the Mills Avenue Extension was built, SR 15 continued west from Mills Avenue along what is now SR 5098, and then went north on SR 527 through downtown Orlando, returning to the current route via SR 50.
  • When the 20th Street Expressway was built in Jacksonville, SR 15 was rerouted onto it; the old route is now SR 139 (and was first given the number SR 15A).

[edit] Spur in Jacksonville

Main article: Roosevelt Expressway (Jacksonville)

SR 15 is also a short arterial and freeway connector from the main part of SR 15 (US 17) southwest of downtown Jacksonville northeast to SR 8 (Interstate 10).

The spur is unsigned. Southbound it is signed for US 17, and northbound it is signed for I-10 east.

[edit] Major roads intersected

[edit] History

The spur was built as part of the original Jacksonville freeway system. It was originally signed as part of Alt US 17.


Florida State Roads
Preceded by
14		 State Road 15 Succeeded by
15A
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