Florida State Road 414

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State Road 426A (Florida) redirects here. For the current county road, see County Road 426A (Florida).

State Road 414

Length:

6.53^[1] mi (12.78 km)

West end:

US 441 near Clarcona

Major
junctions:

SR 434 near Altamonte Springs

I-4 in Maitland

East end:

US 17/US 92 in Maitland

Florida State and County Roads
< ex-SR 410		SR 415 >
< SR 426	426A		CR 427 Image:County Route 427 FL.svg >

State Road 414 (SR 414), named Maitland Boulevard, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Florida. It is built to expressway standards, with no driveway access, at-grade intersections at minor roads, and interchanges at major roads.

The road was once numbered State Road 426A.

[edit] Future plans

An extension to the west is planned around the south side of Apopka and back to U.S. Highway 441 (SR 500). Originally known as the Apopka Bypass, this project is now the John Land Apopka Expressway or Maitland Boulevard Extension, a tollway to be owned and operated by the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. It was named after Apopka mayor John Land in December 2005.^[2]

The Expressway will connect to State Road 429 (Western Beltway) south of Apopka, where a new alignment of SR 429 will begin. Current SR 429 north of SR 414 will be renumbered SR 451.

Phase 1 is the road from US 441 to SR 429, including a rerouting of SR 429 from just south of the current Ocoee-Apopka Road (CR 437A) to US 441. Ground broke on the project on January 19, 2007 at the southeast corner of SR 414 and US 441.

Some of the additions and modifications in Phase 1 include:

The intersection of SR 414 and US 441 will be shifted slightly southward and turned into a grade-separated half-folded diamond interchange. SR 414 will be reconstructed to pass over US 441. The 7-11 at the southeast corner of the interchange has been demolished.
US 441 and the railroad passing over it to the north will swap grades, with the railroad passing underneath the reconstructed US 441.
Apopka Blvd. (CR 424) will be broken where SR 414 will pass through. Before construction, Apopka Blvd. ran parallel to US 441 to its west, but 20 feet above US 441's grade. The north side will be diverted to end at US 441 at SR 414's new westbound offramps, with a cul-de-sac sticking out briefly to the south. The south side will simply end in a cul-de-sac.
SR 414 will be six lanes, three in each direction, from US 441 westbound to Hiawassee Road.
A SPUI interchange will be constructed at Hiawassee Road, with SR 414 passing to the south of a currently-unnamed Orange County Public Schools high school site (which will relieve Apopka High School; it will be named later in 2007). SR 414 will be six lanes, three in each direction, from this point onward to the west.
A westbound off-ramp to, and an eastbound on-ramp from, Keene Road will be built.
Coral Hills Road, a side-street to the west of Clarcona Road (SR 435, an extension of Apopka-Vineland Road), will be closed where SR 414 passes through, and will end in cul-de-sacs on either side. That will be the location of one of SR 414's toll plazas.
SR 429 will be rerouted to the northwest beginnign just south of the current Ocoee-Apopka Road interchange, and meet SR 414 about 0.5 miles west of its current alignment. A T-interchange will be constructed on the spur of SR 429 remaining northbound to US 441, which will be redesignated SR 451, and will also be constructed north beyond US 441 as a non-toll surface road. About 0.5 miles of the current SR 429 alignment between new SR 429 and SR 414 will be demolished.
The interchange of SR 429 with Ocoee-Apopka Road will be relocated further south, to a second location where Ocoee-Apopka Road passes under SR 429.

In Phase 2, which will be designated both SR 414 and SR 429, the road will be extended further west and north to a SPUI interchange will be constructed ¼ mile north of US 441. A surface road will be built at that location that will connect between US 441 and Plymouth-Sorrento Road. This new road will pass over the right-of-way of SR 414/429, which will be further extended to the north in the future. Plans for further extension, eventually to meet Interstate 4 in Sanford, are part of a corridor known as the Wekiva Parkway.