Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway
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The Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway is a 130-mile (209 km) long scenic byway located in Florida. Basically, the Highway is actually a collection of several roads, mostly running north and south along either side of the Indian River Lagoon, connected by other roads running over the Lagoon. The two main north-south roads are:[1]
- US 1 along the western side of the Lagoon
- A1A, and State Road 3 along the eastern side of the Lagoon
The east west connectors are, from north to south:
- State Road 402, Playalinda Beach Road, at the northernmost reach of the Lagoon. This road deadends.
- State Road 405 connecting US 1 to State Road 3
The remainder of the east-west roads connect US 1 to A1A:
- State Road 528
- State Road 520
- State Road 404 over the Pineda
- The Eau Gallie Causeway (State Road 518)
- The Melbourne Causeway (US Highway 192)
- The Wabasso Causeway at the south end of the Lagoon
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[edit] Detailed description
The north end starts at the eastern terminus of Florida State Road 402, Kennedy Parkway inside the Kennedy Space Center. It turns west toward Historic Downtown Titusville. At the other end of SR 402, the road turns southward to U.S. Route 1. 12 miles (19 km) south of Downtown Titusville, the scenic byway meets CR 515, part of the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway. After the southern terminus of CR 515, it passes Pineda, Palm Shores, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Grant-Valkaria, Barefoot Bay, Micco, Roseland, Sebastian, and Wabasso. At SR 510 in Wabasso, the byway turns left on the Wabasso Causeway to Orchid to Florida State Road A1A and turns left. Several places along the way are:North Beach, Sebastian Inlet State Park, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Melbourne, Indian Harbor Beach, Satellite Beach, Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, and Cape Canaveral.
Florida State Road 528 begins at Cape Canaveral as the Emory L. Bennett Causeway and heads to the southern terminus of the road. It goes over Florida State Road 3 in Merritt Island, and finally, it ends at U.S. Route 1 in Cocoa (also the west end of the Emory L. Bennett Causeway.
[edit] Fact
- All the causeways between Wabasso Causeway and the Emory L. Bennett Causeway has signs posted that say "Florida Scenic Highway:Indian River Lagoon".
