Florida State Road 507

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Also known locally as Babcock Street, State Road 507 is a 4.9-mile-long, four lane highway serving Melbourne and Palm Bay, Florida. The southern terminus is an intersection with Malabar Road (SR 514 east of SR 507, Brevard County Road 514 west of it) in Palm Bay; the current northern terminus is an intersection with New Haven Avenue (US 192/SR 500) in Melbourne. The historic northern terminus is 2.2 miles further north, an intersection with Harbor City Boulevard (U.S. Route 1/SR 5), also in Melbourne (the former northern section of SR 507 is now unsigned Brevard County Road 507).

Babcock Street is a major commuter road for Palm Bay, one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States since 1980. The northern half (in Melbourne) features shopping centers and the main campus of Florida Institute of Technology; the southern half (in Palm Bay) passes through a large housing development. South of SR 514, Babcock Road becomes a signed Brevard County Road 507, which continues 13 miles southward to the boundary between Brevard County and Indian River County, four miles north of Fellsmere. The road continues as Indian River County Road 507 to the intersection of Indian River County Road 517.

Brevard County Road 507 north of US 192 is a primary commercial boulevard for Melbourne, with businesses lining both sides of the street.